Husband suspected of slaying spouse and son dies in hospital

The Kerr County man, suspected in the last week’s shooting of his wife and son, died Tuesday night in a San Antonio hospital from injuries that authorities suspect were self-inflicted.

Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer reported the death of Mark “Cornbread” Cormier, 54, at the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Wednesday.

He had been treated there for a shot in the head on Friday in connection with the incident in which Candace “Candy” Cormier, 61, and Jeremiah Cormier, 10, died.

“The investigation is ongoing,” said Hierholzer. “We’re still looking at your computers and trying to figure out a subject.”

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He said an injured Mark Cormier showed up early Friday at a neighbor’s home in the Shalako neighborhood on Goat Creek Road (FM 1338) asking for forgiveness for unspecified acts.

Rescue workers arrived to find the bodies of Candy Cormier, a real estate agent, and her adopted son in their home.

Mark Cormier, who owned a chimney sweep business, declined to speak to investigators before getting into an ambulance, Hierholzer said, and was unavailable due to a heart attack he suffered on the way to the hospital.

Hierholzer said two pistols had been seized at the scene and no one was suspected of being involved in the shootings.

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