Suspect In Double Murder Kills Himself After Standoff With Police

"LAKE HARMONY, PA — State police at Fern Ridge said a Jim Thorpe man who shot and killed himself after being chased by police Saturday night is the only person suspected in the homicides of his grandmother and step-grandfather in Kidder Township.

"Greg Demage, 30, shot and killed himself in a Cadillac in Coal Township. The vehicle was missing from the Kidder Township murder scene, police said.

"Both John Carnochan, 77, and Mildred Carnochan, 75, of Lake Harmony, were found dead inside a home at 33 Wolf Hollow Drive, Split Rock Resort, Kidder Township, on Saturday after township police were called to the address to check on the welfare of the couple around noon.

"Both deaths were determined to be homicides after autopsies were performed Monday. Mildred Carnochan was killed by blunt and sharp force trauma to the head and chest, while John Carnochan was killed by multiple blunt force trauma and stab wounds, state police at Fern Ridge said.

"At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, troopers at Fern Ridge asked state police at Stonington to check a home in Snydertown in relation to the homicide investigation when troopers saw the vehicle missing from the murder scene and attempted to stop it. The driver, later identified as Demage, fled from police and about 20 minutes later, Ralpho Township police saw the vehicle and pursued it, along with other police departments.

"After spike strips were deployed the vehicle was stopped on state Route 61 in Coal Township, where Demage shot and killed himself after a brief standoff with officers, police wrote."

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