Pubdate: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 Source: Penticton Herald (CN BC) Copyright: 2004 The Okanagan Valley Group of Newspapers Contact: http://www.pentictonherald.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/664 POLICE SUSPECT DRUGS BEHIND KILLINGS KELOWNA -- An autopsy has confirmed Anthony Joseph Gorkoff, 24, and Dean Raymond Desimone, 31, were killed by gunshots Sunday in Peachland. The bodies of the two men were discovered in a home on Victoria Street after police responded to reports of shots fired at 12:40 a.m Gorkoff was a Peachland resident, while Desimone lived in Vernon RCMP media relations officer Const. Heather Macdonald said Tuesday that police believe the murders were connected to drug activities. Both men were known to police before their deaths, she said Officers continue to investigate the crime scene, Macdonald said. Two teenagers discovered a bag containing what could be the murder weapon near the house. The teens were hiking in the woods in Peachland, when they found the bag about 10 minutes after they learned about the murder "A bag containing a handgun was turned in," said Macdonald. "It had been found about a kilometre from the crime scene "We don't know if it's associated to the current investigation. We'll know better once we get results back from the lab." The peach-coloured-stucco home with a red roof overlooks farmland and the lake beyond. It's an upscale house among well-tended homes on acreages Neighbours said three or four men lived in the house, and that they were known to host loud parties occasionally The weekend killings in Peachland are the Central Okanagan's second and third murders of the year Ray O'Brien, 54, is charged with the second-degree murder of Tara Deanne Chequis, a 21-year-old Vancouver woman, whose body was found at 524 Hein Rd. in Kelowna on Jan. 19. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager