Two 19-year-old Port Charlotte men have been charged with tampering with evidence after trying unsuccessfully to gobble down a bag of marijuana before police could find it. ...more

February 25, 2009

The northbound lanes of Interstate 75 near Venice are open again after a fatal car crash caused troopers to close two lanes this morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

November 19, 2008

A state lab has matched Michael Lee King's DNA to DNA found on the body of Denise Lee, according to documents filed with the courts. ...more

February 13, 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

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

SARASOTA COUNTY - About an hour before authorities say Michael King abducted Denise Lee from her North Port home, he was at a Sarasota County gun range with another man, practicing his shooting with a 9mm pistol, the same type of weapon that killed Lee. ...more

January 24, 2008

Late Monday night, prosecutors added first-degree murder to the charges against the man being held in the slaying of Denise Amber Lee, a North Port woman found in a shallow grave Saturday. ...more

January 22, 2008

NORTH PORT - As family, friends and the community mourn 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee, authorities are adding to evidence that led them to a shallow grave near Toledo Blade Bouelvard and Interstate 75 on Saturday. ...more

January 21, 2008

A body found Saturday in a shallow grave in Sarasota County has been positively identified as Denise Amber Lee of North Port, authorities announced today. ...more

January 20, 2008

The massive search for Denise Amber Lee of North Port, the 21-year-old daughter of a veteran sheriff's lieutenant, apparently ended Saturday with authorities' discovery of a shallow grave in Sarasota County containing the body of a white female. ...more

January 20, 2008