"INSTITUTE, WV — An Institute man shot himself in the head as deputies investigating a tip of a possible homicide knocked on the door of his apartment, authorities said.
"Kanawha County deputies received a tip about 4 p.m. Thursday of a possible homicide in the Insitute area, Chief Deputy John Rutherford said. Detectives confirmed the information through witness interviews and were able to establish enough probable cause to secure a search warrant for an apartment on Barron Drive.
"Detectives and deputies went to 107 A Barron Drive a few hours later.
"`They knocked and announced 'Sheriff's Department, search warrant,' for several minutes before a few of the deputies went around to the back,` Rutherford said. `As they were knocking on the back door, they heard a muffled pop and immediately made entry.`
"Inside deputies found a black man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the weapon was recovered.
"The body was taken to the office of the state Medical Examiner."
From the Charleston Daily Mail...
UPDATE:
01/20/2012 — Victim's head & hands found in car...01/23/2012 — Search for body parts called off...
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