TAMPA - Hours after Sarah Michelle Lunde was reported missing, investigators zeroed in on David Lee Onstott as the chief suspect – partially because Sarah's brother fingered Onstott as having been to their house in Ruskin and partially because Onstott failed a lie-detector test. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hours after Sarah Michelle Lunde was reported missing, investigators zeroed in on David Lee Onstott as the chief suspect - partially because Sarah's brother fingered Onstott as having been to their house in Ruskin and partially because Onstott failed a lie-detector test. ...more

August 29, 2008

Hours after Sarah Michelle Lunde was reported missing, investigators zeroed in on David Lee Onstott as the chief suspect – partially because Sarah's brother fingered Onstott as having been to their house in Ruskin and partially because Onstott failed a lie-detector test. ...more

August 28, 2008

In a recorded conversation, David Lee Onstott can be heard in his own words telling Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives that he choked 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 23, 2008

Sarah Michelle Lunde's mother asked a judge on Friday to put David Lee Onstott in prison for the rest of his life. ...more

August 23, 2008

In a recorded conversation, David Lee Onstott can be heard in his own words telling Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives that he choked 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 22, 2008

A statement David Lee Onstott made to law enforcement during his interrogation was thrown out. Jurors never heard it. The remaining evidence was scant: no DNA, no fingerprints. ...more

August 21, 2008

Prosecutors and defense attorneys called the final witnesses to the stand Monday, and when court resumes Wednesday, the jury is expected to decide the fate of David Lee Onstott. ...more

August 19, 2008

After two days of jury selection, 12 people have been chosen to hear the trial of David Lee Onstott, charged with murder in the 2005 slaying of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. ...more

August 13, 2008

It may take days, Circuit Judge Ronald Ficarrotta acknowledged this morning. After three years of legal wrangling, jury selection begin this morning for the trial of David Lee Onstott, charged in the 2005 death of 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde. With prolonged media coverage, however, finding an impartial 12-person jury could take much time. ...more

August 11, 2008