27-year-old killed in ‘romantic rivalry,’ suspect found dead in Pa. hotel: reports
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Authorities say a man who was stabbed to death in November was killed in a “romantic rivalry,” and about a month later, the suspect took his own life.
Tyler Slippy was found dead in the bedroom of his apartment in Hollidaysburg Nov. 22, WJAC is reporting.
Tyler Slippy, 27, was found dead in his Hollidaysburg home Nov. 22. Investigators said Friday he was killed by a co-worker, who took his own life in a hotel Dec. 23. (Hollidaysburg police).
In a press conference Friday, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks said Slippy was likely killed by coworker Kenneth T. Kim, 39, who was found dead in a hotel room Dec. 23, The Altoona Mirror is reporting.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG Hollidaysburg resident Tyler Slippy was likely murdered in his home Nov. 21 by a coworker because of a romantic rivalry, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks said.
Nearly seven weeks after the Hollidaysburg Borough Police Department announced 27-year-old Slippy’s homicide, police and members of the Blair County District Attorney’s Office released details of the grisly murder during a press conference Friday.
Law enforcement’s primary suspect, 39-year-old Kenneth T. Kim, was found dead Dec. 23 in a hotel room in Cambria County after stealing a vehicle from a car dealership and fleeing from police as they conducted warranted searches of his possessions and property. Police reported Kim took his own life.