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Zorro

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Mon Mar 27, 2023, 12:57 PM Mar 2023

Video shows man exiting law office with 'large cart' where Pinellas attorney went missing

Tomasz Roman Kosowski, 44, was arrested early Sunday morning on a first-degree murder charge in the death of missing attorney Steven Cozzi.

Police believe a plastic surgeon who was arrested in the death of a missing Largo attorney attacked the lawyer in his own law office, according to an arrest affidavit.

Tomasz Roman Kosowski, 44, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of Steven Cozzi, who was reported missing Tuesday. Kosowski is the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in 2019, and Cozzi was one of the attorneys representing several of the defendants, according to court records. As of Sunday, Cozzi’s body had not been located, authorities said.

Largo police began investigating after Cozzi was reported missing at his office at Blanchard Law, 1501 S Belcher Road. Cozzi had left behind his keys, wallet, car and phone. Cozzi had been responding to an email and music was playing on his phone when he disappeared, police said. The person who contacted police went searching for Cozzi in the office building’s public bathroom and found blood on the bathroom door, stall wall and bottom of the toilet, according to the affidavit.

The only unsecured entrance to the building was through the main lobby doors, which is monitored by surveillance video, investigators found.

Surveillance from the main entrance showed a gray Toyota Tundra arriving at the building at 8:32 a.m., according to the affidavit. Two minutes later, an “unidentified” white man entered the building wearing a backpack and gloves and carrying a large box.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/breaking-news/2023/03/27/tomasz-kosowski-steven-cozzi-missing-largo-attorney/

Sounds like this case will be featured on a future Dateline/24 Hours episode.
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