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Suspect in murder of Florida Irishman found dead with girlfriend after SWAT standoff

Suspect in murder of Tom Walsh found dead in bathroom

CATHY HAYES,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, May 13, 2012, 8:43 AM

Updated Sunday, May 13, 2012, 8:43 AM

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Tom Walsh was shot at point blank range in a suspected robbery

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The main suspect in the murder of Irishman Tom Walsh has been found dead inside his home after a standoff with the SWAT.

The Hillborough County Sheriff in Florida, David Gee, said the police had not killed anyone in the house. James Seagraves (29) and Kayla Nemoto (20) were found dead in the bathroom of their home.

The standoff between the SWAT team and Seagraves was triggered after deputies attempted to serve Seagraves an arrest warrant.

Deland police believed Seagraves was linked to the murder of Irishman Tom Walsh (43). Walsh was shot dead at the Mainstreet Grill restaurant on 31st March this year. Seagraves was a former staff member at the restaurant.

Walsh had remained in Florida to stay close to his 12-year-old daughter, Kira. She watched the standoff unfold on TV.

Officials told Bay News 9 that SWAT team members broke out windows and rammed in the front door. Following hours of silence they entered the house.

Gee said, “After that, we got into this prolonged confrontation with him. We introduced chemical agents ... into the residence. And after failing to get any response from that, we did an entry into the residence." Tear gas was deployed.

The cause of the pair’s death will be released following a medical examiner’s autopsy.

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Bythebay | May 13, 2012, 02:13 PM EDT

All those in the US who lashed out at other communities in Florida as suspects for Walsh's murder should be shame faced. It was an employee known well to Walsh. There's no mention here it had any connection to drugs either.

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hermitTalker | May 13, 2012, 11:04 AM EDT

So senselessly tragic all round. When it happened I suspected a crack-head and now see the suspect was a former employee who, if he did it, would have been dumb enough to not know he would be a prime suspect. I dealt with crack-heads when I lived in FL and they are dumb, liars and have no soul and of course the drugs destroy any humanness they have. I said decades ago they need to de-criminalise drugs, ocntrol them, that takes a lot of the murder and thieving and elder abuse from them. And also removes the corruption involved in the various police forces at the source and in the receiivng nation, from the temptation to bribery and saves tax dollars all round.

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