{"id":29094,"date":"2023-01-19T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29094"},"modified":"2023-01-19T13:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:52:30","slug":"florida-deputies-said-they-tracked-down-a-man-believed-to-have-been-caught-sexually-abusing-a-corpse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/19\/florida-deputies-said-they-tracked-down-a-man-believed-to-have-been-caught-sexually-abusing-a-corpse\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputies said they tracked down a man believed to have been caught sexually abusing a corpse."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the Escambia County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a co-worker told deputies he walked in on the man abusing the corpse.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Employees inside the Oak Lawn Funeral Home would not speak on camera but said they are cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Brown was finalizing plans for a parent\u2019s funeral when he saw deputies at the funeral home and was stunned to learn why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat does give me second thoughts. My mom was here,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time the deputies arrived on Tuesday morning, the suspect was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputies said when they attempted to track him down, he was found near his car, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees were not confirming whether there are cameras inside the funeral home. They also would not talk about the suspect\u2019s employment history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Division of Funeral Cemetery and Consumer Services, which regulates licensing at funeral homes, has also not yet responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, the funeral home is notifying clients and hoping to ease their concerns. They released the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cOut of respect for the privacy of and confidentiality of the families, we are not in a position to comment. We will continue to fully cooperate with the sheriff\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Escambia County Sheriff\u2019s Office is launching an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect in the case has not been identified by deputies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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