The owner of a Homestead tanning salon was arrested Monday on charges of killing a Jefferson Hills man whose body has not been found.
Bryan Sedlak, 35, of Greenfield, was charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse in connection with the death of Patrick Kenney, 22, who was last seen by family members when he left to meet a friend on the evening of Feb. 2, 2005.
Sedlak, described in court papers as a man who sold drugs and had a significant drug habit, was arrested in the Allegheny County Jail, where he was taken after his arrest on a bench warrant for failure to appear on an unrelated simple assault charge. He was awaiting arraignment in Night Court on the new charges.
Allegheny County police Lt. Christopher Kearns acknowledged that Kenney's body has not been found.
Kenney's brother, J.P. Kenney of Richland, said the family has been asked by investigators not to discuss the case.
Patrick Kenney, a steamfitter known as "Pooch," was last seen when he told his mother, Ellen, that he had some business to take care of and expected to return home for dinner in about an hour.
Kenney's white 1999 Cadillac Escalade was recovered 13 days later on McCaslin Drive in Greenfield.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses told an Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury:
Kenney, who had a history of drug addiction, received a pension fund settlement of $6,800 on Feb. 1 and was seen with Sedlak the day he disappeared.
Sedlak, an avid hunter, told several people that he shot and killed "Pat" or "Patrick" inside his salon and needed help disposing of the body. He said he shot "Patrick" several times, and at least one witness saw the body rolled up in a carpet.
The suspect told at least one witness that he intended to cut up Kenney's body and was in need of a generator. He later told witnesses that he had destroyed the body and that a relative helped him dispose of the remains.
No one else has been charged, but the investigation is continuing.
