Florida sheriff wants new leads following Netflix series

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A Florida sheriff is soliciting for new leads within the disappearance of the faded husband of a big cat sanctuary owner who used to be featured within the brand new Netflix assortment “Tiger King.”

March 31, 2020, 10: 55 AM

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TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida sheriff is soliciting for new leads within the disappearance of the faded husband of a big cat sanctuary owner featured within the brand new Netflix assortment “Tiger King.”

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister posted on his inner most Twitter yarn Monday that the recognition of the seven-fragment documentary made it a correct time to assign a query to for new leads within the 1997 disappearance of Jack “Don” Lewis. He used to be married to Carole Baskin, who runs Immense Cat Rescue near Tampa.

Lewis went lacking quickly sooner than a deliberate replace shuttle to Costa Rica, investigators said quickly after his disappearance. His van used to be found near a Pasco County airport. Deputies searched the flora and fauna sanctuary he ran along with his wife, but he used to be never point to in Florida nor Costa Rica.

“Tiger King” tells the sage of an Oklahoma zookeeper named Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also called “Joe Exotic,” who used to be sentenced to 22 years in federal reformatory this year after being convicted in an unsuccessful abolish-for-hire space against Baskin. He used to be upset that Baskin, an outspoken critic of him and his zoo, won one million-greenback civil judgment against him.

The documentary extensively covered Maldonado-Passage’s repeated accusations that Baskin killed her husband and per chance fed him to her tigers. Baskin has never been charged with any crime and released a observation refuting the accusations made within the assortment.

“Tiger King” mercurial became Netfix’s top point to following its March 20 release. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Place of work confirmed closing week that the Lewis case is gentle active and launch.


ABC News


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