PID resolve <defunct> (CentOs)

Does anybody know how to kill a process that is <defunct>? #resolve will not restart and the only way seems to be reboot the system.

Kill -9 PID did not kill it (even as root)

It may be that the resolve process still has child processes running.
Try something like "pstree -p <PID of Resolve>" to find left over processes and their PIDs.

It may be that the resolve process still has child processes running.
Try something like "pstree -p <PID of Resolve>" to find left over processes and their PIDs.

I will check.

For what i remember, the "kill -9" should take care of the child as well.