Business Failure Preceded Murder/Suicide

"PORT ST. LUCIE, FL — Port St. Lucie Police say Mikhail Sergatiouk rode his motor scooter all the way from Broward County to the residence of Aleksandr Gorbach on Saturday, cut a hole in a screened enclosure and hid out, waiting for the right moment with a sawed-off shotgun in hand.

"Gorbach, the victim was in the kitchen cleaning fish when the family heard a loud bang and glass breaking. His wife and three young children saw him fall to the ground with a major chest wound, police report. He was dead by the time he made it to the hospital.

"Gorbach died from a single shotgun wound to the chest. Sergatiouk fled on his scooter back to Broward County, where police say he confessed to his wife and child that he had just killed his business partner, Aleksandr Gorbach.

"The suspect's family called police and Sergatiouk was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Monday morning next to Sample Road in Coral Springs. Police say he used the same sawed-off shotgun.

"According to the arrest affadavit, the Gorbach family had serious financial problems and their home was in foreclosure. Gorbach's wife told police that Sergatiouk and Gorbach had a business relationship that fell apart. Sergatiouk's family confirmed that he had lost a large sum of money in the business failure. Police confirmed the pair owned Bauer Comfort USA."

From CBS12.com...