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UPDATE: Memphis Suicide Linked to Orlando Double-Murder

OCSO released this photo of Sean Petrozzino asking the public for help in finding him. Photo, OCSO.
OCSO released this photo of Sean Petrozzino asking the public for help in finding him. Photo, OCSO.

UPDATE: 1:12PM - Police have identified a Memphis suicide victim as Sean Petrozzino, a suspect in an east-Orlando double murder.

Orange County detectives were sent to Memphis after a driver shot himself during a traffic stop Monday evening.

Deputies had been looking for Sean Petrozzino after his parents Nancy and Michael Petrozzino were found dead in their East Orlando home last week.

Authorities had said earlier they believed he was in South Florida either in Jupiter or Coral Springs.

Petrozzino, lost his hands and legs due to bacterial meningitis as a teen.

The identification process was delayed since fingerprints couldn’t be used.

 

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