Police say a Philly-born chef who gained fame for overseeing several Brooklyn restaurants was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car in Pennsylvania.
Colin Devlin, 42, owns the trendy Williamsburg eatery DuMont and DuMont Burger in Brooklyn, New York. He also owned a more upscale eatery called Dressler which closed in June after seven years in business because an agreement could not be reached on lease renewal, according to the restaurant's website.
Police say the 42-year-old was reported missing and had been last seen leaving his Williamsburg home on Wednesday at about 2:25 p.m. wearing a green shirt and blue jeans.
His body was discovered Thursday inside his car on the grounds of the Chestnut Hill Church cemetery in Lower Milford Township by a group of workers fixing a steeple, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The gun was recovered.
Investigators say Devlin may have killed himself over financial woes. The Wall Street Journal reports that he learned he'd been rejected for a bank loan and that his other remaining eatery, DuMont Burger, was in financial trouble.
According to the Daily News, Devlin graduated from Temple University and was a married father of two.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
