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Photo, Description Released Of Suspect In Cabbie's Death

Clearwater Police Department

A image from surveillance video shows the suspect leaving the scene of Wednesday's slaying.

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Published: September 19, 2008

Clearwater police have released the description of a man suspected in Wednesday's slaying of cab driver Jack Lagrand.

The suspect, who is possibly Hispanic, was seen in surveillance video leaving the scene of the homicide behind 25706 U.S. Highway 19 N. He is thin, about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, and has short dark hair.

He was last seen wearing a large white T-shirt with a black skull design across the upper back and skeleton hands on the front shoulders. The man also wore dark shorts.

Lagrand, 50, of Clearwater, was found halfway out of the open driver's door of his Yellow Cab in a parking lot, Clearwater public safety spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts said. Police said he was killed between 1 and 2 a.m. A plaza business owner found him about 7:30 a.m.

Lagrand, of 2296 Primrose Lane, No. 1503, is the third cab driver killed this year in Pinellas County, with the previous slayings occurring in St. Petersburg.

Blue Star cab driver Cyril Obinka, 45, died in May after he was found shot in the abdomen on 26th Street South. Yellow Cab driver Linda Faison, 39, was found dead in July near Azalea Middle School hours after she picked up a passenger at 5:40 a.m.

Anyone with information about Lagrand's slaying is asked to call the Clearwater police at (727) 562-4422.

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