Byline: Lucy Morgan; 1983-12-18; St. Petersburg Times;
Report: Inside the Pasco County Sheriff's Department: A Special Report - St. Petersburg Times
Tags: investigative journalism, John M. Short, Pasco County Sheriff Department
"Critical evidence in the violent deaths of two well-known men was destroyed during crime-scene investigations conducted by the Pasco County Sheriff's Department, according to an expert hired to review the two cases. Because the investigation were substantially flawed, the expert says, serious questions remain about the deaths of former Pasco Sheriff's captain Joseph H. Donahue and Tampa car dealer Ernie Haire. . ."
Description:Pasco County Sheriffs destroyed evidence from a murder case that was critical to solving it.
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