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Co-owner of video store in Brentwood found murdered


Play the video (12/28/05) BRENTWOOD - The co-owner of a Brentwood video store was found murdered in his office Wednesday.

Police say the other co-owner of Pine Hollow Video Store on Second Avenue opened his shop Wednesday morning to find the body of 55-year-old William Kern lying in a pool of blood. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy before releasing the cause of death. Kern had been the owner of the video store for 20 years.

Investigators are searching for suspects and motives, and they believe the murderer may have escaped in Kern’s 1994 Gray Honda Accord. The car has a rusted top and New York plates numbered CCS8061. Anyone with information is asked to call Suffolk Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS

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The outrage is hes my brother. The SOBs put a bag over his head and beat him to death. There was never a kinder more gentle soul on the face of the planet. This is the gay brother I have mentioned here many times. I ask those of you who are religous to offer a prayer for him

RIP Bill I will never forget you my brother.

You can see the video of the TV report here

Completely speechless right now. Hang in there, Gawain.

Sorry Gawian, you want my prayers you have them. my thoughts are with you

I'm sorry Gawain. I'm sure they will get the bastards that did this.

Yes, Very sorry. May they find them and they burn in hell, where they deserve.

Many condolences, G. May the killers be caught. May your family find some sort of comfort in these horrible days.

You have my thoughts and prayers Gawain.

Condolences, Gawain. Hopefully the perpetrator(s) will be caught quickly.

Terrible and appalling.:( I'm sorry for your loss. If there is anything else, at all, that I could do, please do not hesitate to ask.




May he have the peace that is surely his.

You have my support too. I can't imagine how I would feel.

I'm so sorry to hear this. This is terrible.

My sincere and deep condolences to you and your family, Gawain.

It's hard to find appropriate words, for things that are beyond description - but I hope you will find all the support you and your family need in such a time...

I am sorry for your loss m8. I can’t start to imagine how you must feel to loose a brother to inhumanity.

My condolences to you Gawain.I pray for strength for you and your family,to overcome this horrible loss of an loved one. I hope your brother is now on better place and have found peace.

Gawain, Allah cares for the innocent. At least I'm praying to be that way to him. May your brother rest in peace. You have my support of strength. May you keep sane and silent.

LEN

I know everyone here, including myself, are feeling for you far beyond the scope of what a gamesite friendship usually permits.

We didn't know your brother, and we can only know you from your posts, but you have left an impression strong enough for all of us here to be affected when you say you've been hurt by something. This is testament to your value to us, and though that we all are hurt as well.

There's nothing we can do except to offer kind words and thoughts, and perhaps a prayer as you asked for. Your concerns are with your family right now, our concerns are with you, and we hope your faith offers some level of peace and acceptance with events which are beyond anyone's control.

Stunned. Deepest sympathies, my brother. Anything we can do...just ask.

I offer my deepest codolences, I myself have experienced a family tradegy similar to this a couple of months ago, and i know how you must feel.

I hope you will be alright and they catch whoever did this to your brother

Condolences Gawain, we'll have a prayer and a taught for him and you.

This is an absolutely heinous crime, my heart goes out to you. I hope you get justice in the end, one way or another.

My condolences Gawain. It's disgraceful that stuff like that happens. I'ts appalling.

May he rest in peace.

My condolences.

We'll put this up for a while and make it easier for people to pass along a kind thought.

Kind thoughts only please, we'll leave justice to others.

This is terrible, Gawain. You have my thoughts and condolences.

I am sorry my friend for your loss. May your Brother be at peace, and may justice find these animal bastards to the harshest extent possible in this world as well as the next.

My deepest condolences. It's always hard to lose family members and losing one this way, ~:mecry: ~:mad

My deepest condolences Gawain. I will pray for him, and for you and your family.

May justice be served for this terrible crime.

Crazed Rabbit

My condolences, may yourself and your family have the strength to deal with this dificult time.

my condolences...i think its outrageous...i dont pray but yur in my thoughts

My condolences, and sympathy to you and your family.

I am sorry to hear this, my deepest condolences to you and your family Gawain

I sincerly feel sorry for your loss Gawain. I hope they find these cowards and throw the book at them. If you need anything just PM us.

Regards,
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I don't know what to say, I mean I am sorry for your loss and I wish could could say I know you feel but I doubt many of us have gone through something quite like this, and all of our sorries still are not going to be able to take away that loss, so the best I can do is offer my prayers for you and that justice will come. and that is what I will do .

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He's got my prayer and you my deepest sympathy and tears mate. ~:(

It's unbelievable how a gaming forum can make you feel for someone you never met as if a remote family member. All curse and damnation be upon the insolent murderer(s) of our brother. ~:pissed:

Another prayer as I type...

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I just read this thread--yet another despicable outrage. Gawaine: my sincere condolences. Unfortunately I can relate somewhat to this loss, though in my experience it wasn't a family member, but a close friend. I can't even begin to imagine how you feel. Strength to you. May your brother rest in peace.

I'm sorry Gawain. I feel for you. Words I say may not help at all, but you are deffinetly in my prayers.

Rest in peace Bill and let this not be a hate crime. Sometimes I'd have to wonder if it was and I'd be sick to my stomach if it is...

My prayers are with you, your brother, and your family.

I would like to thank you all for the suport you have given me and especially to those who sent me pms. It really means a lot to me silly as it may seem.

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Rest in peace Bill and let this not be a hate crime.

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Im afraid it was. As I mentioned he was gay. The police finally gave us more details today. They said a bag was put over his head . Then he was bound gagged and tortured before being beaten to death with a blunt object. It seems like much more than a robbery to me.

Again my thanks to you all.

Oh, man that is horrible. I hope the man responsible is caught...I'd give him a thing or two to hate!:rtwno:

Once again I'm so sorry Gawain. I mentioned this to my mom and she is very sorry as well...

I'm not eloquent enough to properly express how sorry I am for your loss with words, Gawain.

I'm praying for you and him just on the off-chance.

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The outrage is hes my brother. The SOBs put a bag over his head and beat him to death. There was never a kinder more gentle soul on the face of the planet. This is the gay brother I have mentioned here many times. I ask those of you who are religous to offer a prayer for him
RIP Bill I will never forget you my brother.

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Hope you get better Gawain. My condolences, I lost my fahter also a week ago and I'm still trying to move on. Like we say here: Fuerza.

I'm really sorry Gawain, I hope the police catch the people who did such a horrible thing to your brother. Stick in there.

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Hope you get better Gawain. My condolences, I lost my fahter also a week ago and I still trying to move on. Like we say here: Fuerza.

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Thanks I really apreciate it. :bow:

My condolences to you Gawain. May the SoB that killed your brother be apprehended soon.

My deepest condolences Gawain

I will add your brother and yourself to my prayers.

Take strength in the memory of your brother.

Simple words may never heal a wound, it is your memory of him that will best serve as a reminder to who you are, and how you loved him. I am deeply sorry for your loss, and for your brother, and sooner or later the perpetrator will have judgement passed upon him in this life or the next, make sure the judgement is one that your brother would find suitable. I am not religious, per se, but I will wether or not my prayer will be answered, I shall do so nonetheless.

Take Care Man.

That is horrible!. You have my deepest sympathies Gawain ~:grouphug:


CBR

I'm sorry for your loss.

A disgusting act. My prayers and condolences for you and your family... May justice be done on those who carried out this act.

Gawain, my deepest condolences go out to you and your family. May justice be done.

My condolences, Gawain, and may he rest in peace.

Be at peace and have faith that those of us who do bad things to bad people will bring the guilty to justice.

I'm so sorry mate .
We're all with you .

Deeply sorry to hear that, Gawain. I wish I could pray or do something useful for you, your family, your brother's friends. All I can do now is express my sympathy. Be strong, and don't be afraid to tap into other peoples' strength if you can.

Gawain, I'll add here my same condolences I passed along to you on our clan forums. My thoughts are with you and your family.

Here, you are among friends. anything you need just ask.

My condolences.

It's always hard to lose a loved one but we'll all meet up again, till then.

Sorry to hear this really.

My deepest condolences Gawain. You and your brother will be in my thoughts. I just hope that justice will be done.

Dear Gawain

Take strength in the knowledge that you loved your brother and treated him well while he was alive.

My sympathy and my condolences.

ichi :bow:

ps: I hope that there will be justice

Sorry, gawain. May those scum rot in hell, and you have your brother, in eternal bliss. I say that, even when I'm not religious. I think that they attacked him or being gay. Those eejits... I just can't believe that these people can do such things, just because they are different. May justice be served. ~:pissed:

The scum that did this deserves to be shot. Absoloutly horrible.

Wow. I'm stunned. Nothing to say, really, except God bless you and your brother, and may He provide you strength and your brother comforting rest. I am so sorry for you Gawain. You and your brother both are certainly in my prayers.

Wow Dons Back. Well still no word on who did this. We finally got the call to come down and identify the body. Hes totally unrecognizabe and Im afraid we will have to have a closed coffin. For those who were asking there still is a death penalty in NY but I cant remember the last time it was used. It was back in the mid 70s I think. Again Id like to thank you all for your support.

Would you believe I went out to my car about two hours ago and someone had broken into it and taken 150 new DVDs out of the trunk? They say things come in threes. Im dreading whats coming next.

More coverage from the local papers:

Store owner's death a mystery
Central Islip victim, found bound and beaten, last seen with unknown male in a car
BY SAMUEL BRUCHEY
STAFF WRITER

December 30, 2005

The night before his body was found tied up and beaten to death inside his Brentwood video store, William Kern pulled up to his home in Central Islip accompanied by a man who sat silently beside him, relatives said.

The diminutive, gray-haired Kern went inside, turned on a television and checked his elaborate toy train collection, then announced he was going to Burger King, relatives said.

"He said he would be back in 20 minutes," his brother Rick, 42, said.

But Kern, 55, never returned. The following morning, on Wednesday, his body was discovered in the rear office of the video store, Suffolk police said.

"We have no idea who he was with, but we'd like to know," Rick Kern said.

Suffolk Homicide Commander Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick said Kern was beaten over the head with a blunt object and that cash was taken from the store.

Kern's father, Robert, 79, said it was not unusual for his son to go out after leaving Pine Hollow Video, where he worked almost every day.

Kern, the store owner for 18 years, was single with no children, but had a wide circle of friends. Because of his poor vision, Kern relied on those friends when he drove at night, his father said.

"He trusted people," his father said. "If he met you a couple times, he considered you a friend."

It was that trusting nature that may have left Kern vulnerable, his brother Rick said.

Fitzpatrick said that Kern returned to the video store sometime after it closed at midnight.

"Why he's there, it's not clear," Fitzpatrick said.

Although they do not know where he went after leaving home, Kern's relatives say they believe he was forced back to the store, perhaps by the man seen in his car.

The alarm was deactivated about 1 a.m., relatives said. But a panic button on the keypad by the front door was not triggered. Nor was a second panic button, located in the office where Kern was found.

Kern's father said that $4,000 in rent and store receipts were missing.

Police would not detail Kern's injuries, but relatives said he had large cuts over his eyes and a bag had been pulled over his head.

Thursday morning, Kern's 1994 Honda Accord was recovered in the parking lot of a strip mall near Hilltop Drive and Commack Road in Brentwood, a mile away from the video store.

Investigators spent the afternoon questioning proprietors of nearby stores on Second Avenue. Kern's bedroom was dusted for fingerprints, then locked so no one could enter.

And inside the video store, which opened for business, customers talked about the murder, a Christmas stocking with "Bill" written in silver glitter hung behind them on the wall.

Death is natural, but hard to bear, nonetheless, for those whom you know and love.

Death by crime is much harder to bear. You will have to ask yourself again why it would be you and why did they do that.

Death by hate crime or crime of opportunity...however...is despicable.

My condolences, Gawain. That death is most undeserved.

Hopefully justice will somehow be done.

My prayers Gawain. May your brother rest in peace....

Man, exactly on Christmas season.

I am sorry Gawain. Hang on, and don't let it kill you also.

Having just come across this thread, I have to say I am really shocked.

I won't offer you my prayers Gawain as you know that would be a hollow statement, but I shall be thinking about you and your brother today. I hope the person(s) who did this are caught and face justice.

You have my deepest condolances Gawain.

Deepest, deepest condolonces Gawain.

Lets hope the cops catch the punk(s) who did this soon.

I'm appalled...and to think it happened in what's supposed to be a time of peace and happiness ~:(

My sincere condolances, Gawain.

I'm utterly shocked. Nobody deserves anything like this, and I can only imagine what you and your relatives must be going through. All I can do is offer you my condolences and hope you can support each other through this. Take care, Gawain.

My condolences. My prayers are with you.

I'm sorry for your loss Gawain, I offer my condolences.

I am shocked, that good, decent people like your brother have their lives deprived becuase of petty theft, i hope these criminals recieve penalties worse than death.

I shall pray for you and your brother.

Terrible. My thoughts are with you and your brother.

I am deeply saddened to hear about this, Gawain. Although you and I may be an ocean apart, you have my prayers and my condolences through this tragedy which you and your family are going through. I know what it's like to lose a loved one. :embarassed: May you and your family find the strength to pull through it all. And remember to enjoy the memories which you and your brother shared, and his memory will live on with you. ~:grouphug: ~:cheers:

I just felt I had to reply to this one. My deepest condolences, Gawain. No one deserves to leave this place in such a gruesome way. May he rest in peace.

Quid

My condolences Gawain, I hope they get the people who did this. May your brother rest in peace.

Oh my God. I am so sorry Gawain.

I have no words.

My condolances.