Springs murder suspect commits suicide in Utah

Springs murder suspect commits suicide in Utah
July 17, 2012
MATT STEINER
THE GAZETTE

Law enforcement officers in Colorado and Utah are trying to figure out how a local man suspected of killing a 39-year-old Colorado Springs woman ended up dead Tuesday in an airplane at the St. George airport in Utah.

Capt. James Van Fleet of the St. George police department confirmed that Brian Joseph Hedglin was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an empty SkyWest plane. Hedglin was a pilot with the airline but was on leave, SkyWest officials confirmed Tuesday.

The aircraft was not in service and no one else was aboard when Hedglin gained unauthorized access to it, officials said.

Hedglin was being sought by Colorado Springs police in connection with the death of Cristina Cornejo, whose body was found Friday in the 1000 block of Cheyenne Villas Point in southwest Colorado Springs.
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