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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe FDLE said Monday that it is continuing to pursue leads into the disappearance of Brian Edward Klecha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Klecha was last seen making a banking transaction on December 27, 2017, at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union in Auburndale, the FDLE said. He was 35 years old at the time of his disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials said he worked at Disney and has ties to Orange, Polk and Hillsborough counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEight years have passed and we are just as committed as ever to finding out the truth of what happened,\u201d said FDLE Tampa Special Agent in Charge Mark Brutnell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FDLE said Klecha\u2019s Jeep Patriot was found abandoned on the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway in Tampa at the Morgan Street exit on Feb. 11, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators said they believe the Jeep had been involved in a crash a few days earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials believe Klecha may have been the victim of domestic or drug abuse and did not leave or go missing on his own, the FDLE said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you have any information that can help us locate Brian, no matter how small, call us,\u201d said Brutnell. \u201cEven the tiniest shred of information can bring him that much closer to coming home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone with information about Klecha\u2019s whereabouts or disappearance is asked to call Special Agent Rich Rodriguez at 813-878-7347.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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