The body was found among the short trees and prickly underbrush that border a desolate stretch of dirt road. ...more

June 12, 2008

TAMPA - Police are investigating the disappearance of a disabled man who vanished over the weekend on the cusp of a new life. ...more

June 3, 2008

Deanne Martin grabbed her purse and told her family she would be right back. She left their Wesley Chapel home about 10:25 p.m. on April 28. Her family hasn't seen her since. Martin's family thinks she might have contemplated suicide and hopes that she can be found before anything happens to her, said her sister, Jan Ayers. The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is working the case as a missing person investigation. ...more

May 9, 2008

CRIME TRACKER This is a partial list of service calls reported April 28 to May 4 to the Tampa Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the department at (813) 276-3200. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA - Authorities are trying to identify the body of man found this afternoon in the Alafia River near U.S. 301. ...more

February 14, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A man's body spent several days in a Town 'N Country apartment complex's pond before being found Sunday morning, deputies said today. ...more

December 30, 2007

Prosecutors closed their investigation into the disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, saying Tuesday that they still think three young men were involved in her death but can't prove it after 932 days of searching failed to turn up a body. ...more

December 19, 2007

A woman who was found dead in the woods Tuesday morning was the victim of a homicide. ...more

December 13, 2007

BROOKSVILLE - A woman who was found dead in the woods Tuesday morning was the victim of a homicide. ...more

December 12, 2007

About noon Monday, members of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office dive team plunged into a small pond near the entrance to Colony Lakes Estates, off State Road 52. ...more

November 20, 2007