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Defense: Go Public With Tampa Body Search Evidence

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Investigators from the Temple Terrace Police Department search for clues.

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By CHRIS ECHEGARAY, The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 29, 2007

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TAMPA - Paul Sisco, the attorney representing Sandra Prince's boyfriend, wants the results of soil samples taken in connection with her disappearance to be released to the public.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the Temple Terrace Police Department, Sisco said the soil results revealed "not a shred of evidence" related to Prince's case.

Prince was 59 when she was reported missing Jan. 3, 2006, from her Temple Terrace home. Police think she was killed because blood was found in the trunk of her car and in her bedroom, according to a search warrant.

Temple Terrace police took soil samples from the yard, at 3908 W. Vasconia St., for several days beginning Oct. 17, looking for Prince's remains or anything in connection with her disappearance.

The South Tampa home was being built by Earl Pippin III, Prince's boyfriend at the time she disappeared.

The analysis of the soil samples are not back and Sisco's statement about the results are false, Temple Terrace police spokesman Mike Dunn said.

"It's preposterous," Dunn said. "Police have not seen anything. We don't know where he is getting his information from. There are no results."

Dunn said the results are expected in one to two weeks.

Sisco said he has access to information that police don't have and knows there is no evidence.

He would not disclose the origin of his information. The attorney said that he's holding the police department accountable to release the soil results.

The police should release the results to the media with the same zeal they exhibited during the dig for samples, Sisco said.

"I will hold their feet to the fire on any statement they make," he said. "Mr. Pippin is entitled to the publication of those results."

Pippin gave police his DNA and fingerprints, and offered to let them search his properties during the start of their investigation, Sisco said.

Pippin hired an attorney when authorities told him they suspected him of foul play, Sisco said.

Pippin had a five-year relationship with Prince and is the sole beneficiary of her estate, police said.

Sisco has said there is no evidence linking Pippin to Prince's disappearance.

Reporter Chris Echegaray can be reached at (813) 259-7920 or cechegaray@tampatrib.com.

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