In this undated photo provided by the Buffalo, N.Y. Police Department, Dr. Timothy Jorden is shown. Jorden is sought as a “person of Interest” in a fatal shooting of a woman at a Buffalo, N.Y. hospital. (AP Photo/Buffalo N.Y. Police Department)
June 15, 2012 - 2:09 PM
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A body found is believed to be that of a U.S. surgeon who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after his ex-girlfriend was shot dead at a hospital, police said Friday.
Police had been searching for 49-year-old Dr. Timothy Jorden since Wednesday morning. The body was found in thick brush not far from Jorden's home.
The man apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Dennis Richards, Buffalo Police Department chief of detectives. An autopsy was being conducted.
The search began after 33-year-old Jacqueline Wisniewski was found shot to death in a stairwell in the Buffalo, New York, hospital where she worked.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012