{"id":9784,"date":"2021-04-14T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=9784"},"modified":"2021-04-14T17:42:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:42:23","slug":"lakeland-man-found-dead-in-a-car-is-a-homicide-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/04\/14\/lakeland-man-found-dead-in-a-car-is-a-homicide-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland man found dead in a car is a homicide victim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lakeland Police Department said that the death of a 42-year-old man found Saturday is a homicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The agency had previously reported the case as a suspicious death. LPD said offers responded at 4:16 p.m. Saturday to a residence in the 500 block of West Crawford Street after a missing-person call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An associate reported last seeing the victim at 7 a.m., when she left to travel out of town for the day, LPD said. The man had not responded to text messages or calls throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The associate returned home and saw blood in the driveway under a vehicle on which the man had been working, LPD said. Officers searched the location and found the man\u2019s inside another vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LPD determined the death was a homicide after an examination performed Monday by the Medical Examiner\u2019s Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit. LPD said it was not sharing further details in order to protect the integrity of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone with information related to the case should contact Detective Troy Smith at 863-834-8958 or troy.smith@Lakelandgov.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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