http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080122/NEWS/801220424
Other neighbors had problems as well. Ashley Martinson and her husband lived in the same neighborhood in 2006. She said her husband would often come home from his job as a North Port police officer at 5:30 or 6 a.m. and see King looking in his neighbors' windows.
King was usually on the sidewalk, but at least once was caught in one of his neighbors' yards, Martinson said.
"He used to walk up and down the road at all times of night," she said.
King started working for Babe's Plumbing in Venice in 2003 and was a reliable worker, said Joe Dalton, one of the owners.
"He was a nice guy, did his job and plenty of people complimented him," said Joe Dalton, one of Babe's owners.
He often bragged about having many girlfriends and once told co-workers one of them stole his car and drove to Michigan.
He left in June to work for another contractor and apparently left the area. He returned in October. But after three weeks, "he just stopped showing up," Dalton said. His neighbors said he moved all the furniture out of his house before Halloween.
Dana Lewis said she did not see King again until Sunday, when she noticed a woman driving a red car at his home.
"When I woke up Tuesday morning, the red car was gone," said Lewis.
On Thursday, the day Lee was abducted, Lewis saw King for the last time. "I saw him at 3:15 backing out of his driveway," Lewis said. "I know because I go pick up my boy from school" at that time.
About seven miles away around the same time, Nathaniel Lee arrived at their Latour Avenue home and found their sons, Noah, 2, and Adam, 6 months, unattended. He called police to report his wife missing.
King's arrest in the case has his neighbors and co-workers wondering about the man they thought they knew.
"It's so weird now looking back," Martinson said. We've seen him so many times looking up at our house and in other people's windows."
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