Questions remain after 58-year-old man’s body discovered in Buckingham

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BUCKINGHAM, Fla. – Lee County deputies are searching for three people of interest after the body of 58-year-old man was reportedly found near a church dumpster in Manatee County on Friday.

Ted Lee was found dead by an employee of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church on State Road 70 at the Lakewood Ranch several hours after he was reported missing and in danger Thursday night, according to deputies. There were signs of trauma to his body, deputies said.

Deputies want to speak to 18-year-old Jonathan Ruffini, 24-year-old Tyson Hunter and 14-year-old Lavaya May. One neighbor said the teenage girl may have lived with Lee. He lived in a quadplex on Gray Twig Lane in Buckingham, where there has been a large presence of deputies.

 

 

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