The reliability of Charlotte County's 911 system came into question Friday after more details were released about an emergency call that might have saved the life of slain North Port mother Denise Lee. ...more

February 16, 2008

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

From a command post on her sister's living room floor, Becky Hall urgently coordinated volunteers contacting every church soup kitchen and homeless advocacy group in the region on Monday. ...more

February 12, 2008

PUNTA GORDA - Relatives and volunteers continue to search for a missing former Marine and Iraq war veteran from Punta Gorda who hasn't been seen in more than a week. ...more

February 11, 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

The sheriff's office could have answers this week about how it handled a 911 call from a witness it thinks pinpointed the location of Michael King and Denise Lee shortly before Lee's slaying Jan. 17. ...more

February 7, 2008

ENGLEWOOD - One of Nathan Lee's biggest fears is that his sons will grow up with no real memories of their mother, so every evening he has 2-year-old Noah kiss her good night. ...more

February 7, 2008

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Notes from the Charlotte County Emergency Communications Center show that a 911 caller reported seeing what might have been an abducted child in a dark colored Chevrolet Camaro on the day Denise Lee disappeared, two days before she was found in a shallow grave. ...more

January 31, 2008

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A fugitive wanted on charges of murdering three men in Virginia was arrested in Punta Gorda late Saturday. ...more

January 28, 2008

Tensions over a 911 call received by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office on the night police say Michael King kidnapped and murdered Denise Lee reached a climax this afternoon. ...more

January 25, 2008