The bagpipes that traditionally mark the passing of police officers and firemen sounded for Denise Lee today, as the community that was shocked by her murder a year ago gathered to memorialize her legacy of reform to Florida's emergency response system. ...more

January 17, 2009

The city that a year ago watched the unfolding tragedy of the abduction and murder of 21-year-old North Port mother Denise Lee will pause today at City Hall to remember her. ...more

January 17, 2009

The city that a year ago watched the unfolding tragedy of the abduction and slaying of 21-year-old North Port mother Denise Lee will pause Saturday at City Hall to remember her. ...more

January 16, 2009

Two employees of Charlotte County's 911 call center are being punished after an internal investigation into the handling of a call concerning a North Port woman who was later found dead, Sheriff John Davenport announced today. ...more

February 15, 2008

A grand jury in Sarasota County has indicted Michael Lee King on a first-degree murder charge in the kidnapping and killing of Denise Amber Lee. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty. King is suspected in the kidnapping and killing of Denise Amber Lee, the 21-year-old daughter of a veteran sheriff's lieutenant. ...more

February 7, 2008

Denise Amber Lee did what she could to draw attention to herself in the time before she was killed and buried in a shallow grave last week. ...more

January 25, 2008

Nathaniel Lee released a white dove into the sky above Englewood on Wednesday as a final gesture before laying his wife to rest. ...more

January 24, 2008

Friends and family gathered today at a Punta Gorda church to say goodbye to Denise Amber Lee, the 21-year-old mother who disappeared from her North Port home Thursday. ...more

January 23, 2008

NORTH PORT - A witness called 911 and said she saw a woman banging on the window of a Camaro and screaming for help as a car made its way down U.S. 41 on Thursday night, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Amber Lee. ...more

January 23, 2008

At least two people saw Denise Amber Lee struggle with the man charged in her killing before she was shot in the head and left in a shallow grave, according to documents released Tuesday that reveal the last harrowing hours of the North Port mother's life. ...more

January 22, 2008