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Thursday, Jan. 17
11 a.m.: Denise Amber Lee and her husband, Nathaniel, talk on the phone.
1:45 p.m.: North Port resident Chuck Briggs saw Denise Amber Lee at te North Port Post Office on US 41. He remembers holding the door open for her as she carried in a large package. As she stood in line, he remembered seeing a man, whom he later realized was Michael King, in line about four people behind Lee.
2:30 p.m.: Lees neighbor reports seeing a green Camaro parked in Lees driveway with a white male in the drivers seat.
3:20 p.m.: Nathan Lee comes home to find a locked door, his two children, his wifes purse, keys and cell phone in the home. Denise Amber Lee, however, was missing.
3:29 p.m.: Police respond to a missing person report at the Latour Avenue home in North Port Estates of Nathaniel and Denise Amber Lee.
3:44 p.m. First police unit arrives at the Lee home. Detectives arrive at 4:16 p.m.
4:18 p.m. Police request a bloodhound from Charlotte County Sheriff's Office to search for Lee.
5:02 p.m. Police issue a "Be on the Lookout" bulletin for Lee, as well as the green Camaro.
5:06 p.m. Police request the NPPD ATV operators to begin searching the area near Lee's home.
5:15 p.m.: North Port resident Michael Lee King goes to the house of his cousin, Harold Muxlow, on Karluk Street off Biscayne Boulevard in North Port.
5:21 p.m. The bloodhound arrives at the Lee home. The dog circles the house but returns to the driveway area.
6:09 p.m. A resident who lives off Salford Blvd. sees a dark Camaro fly up Salford, make a U-turn, then come back down at a high rate of speed. She looked at her cell phone to verify the time. Later that evening, when the city issued a Code Red phone alert to residents, she called police to tell them.
6:14 p.m.: Sarasota 9-1-1 Center receives a call from Lee, whose voice was later identified by her father, Rick Goff. She is heard saying, "I just want to see my family. Please let me go." A male voice asks, "Where's the phone?" The transmission is then cut off. Police identified the owner of the cell phone as Michael Lee King and confirmed that he owned a green Chevy Camaro. Police issue a BOLO to include Michael King.
6:23 p.m.: Sarasota 9-1-1 Center receives a call from Sabrina Muxlow stating that her father, Harold Muxlow, on Karluk St., was visited by King, who is Muxlow's cousin. He asked Muxlow for a gas can, flashlight and shovel. Muxlow saw a bound woman get out of the car, but according to reports gave King the requested items.
6:30 p.m. Janet Kowalski, heading southbound on US 41, spots a dark Camaro to her left at the Cranberry Blvd. stop light. She hears a woman screaming through the open passenger window, and sees a woman slap the back window with her hand. She calls 9-1-1 and reports the Camaro's location as they pass cross-streets. The Camaro suddenly turns left and heads north on Toledo Blade Blvd.
6:59 p.m. Police enter King's house on Sardinia Ave. They do not find either King or Lee there, but discovered duct tape with long blonde hairs.
7 p.m.: Police issue an all points alert bulletin, put up check points at all North Port Interstate exits, and start a search to include dogs, all-terrain vehicles and helicopters. About that time, they hold an impromptu press conference near the Lee home.
8:18 p.m. NPPD issues a fax message to media regarding Lee's abduction and describing the Camaro with tag 374JFL. The notice said King had received a flashlight, gas can and shovel, and that a woman had tried to get out of his vehicle and King pushed her back in.
9:16 p.m.: FHP Trooper Ed Pope spots a green Camaro traveling northbound on Toledo Blade Boulevard. He checked the registration on the bulletin and confirmed it was the car in the BOLO. The Camaro entered I-75 heading southbound. Pope stopped the car near mile marker 178. He placed the sole occupant, Michael Lee King, into protective custody. King was wearing jeans that were soaked from the waist down. Police then opened the trunk of the car, believing Lee might be inside, but she was not there. They found a wet shovel in the back seat, a red 5-gallon gas can, and a blue metal flashlight in the car. They also found a metal ring with a heart on the left rear passenger seat. The ring was later identified as belonging to Denise by her husband. The vehicle was secured with crime scene tape, escorted back to the North Port Police Department and secured.
11 p.m.: King took police to a wooded area at Balsey Street, off Salford Blvd., in North Port where they searched until 2:30 a.m. Friday.
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=4522
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11 a.m.: Denise Amber Lee and her husband, Nathaniel, talk on the phone.
1:45 p.m.: North Port resident Chuck Briggs saw Denise Amber Lee at te North Port Post Office on US 41. He remembers holding the door open for her as she carried in a large package. As she stood in line, he remembered seeing a man, whom he later realized was Michael King, in line about four people behind Lee.
2:30 p.m.: Lees neighbor reports seeing a green Camaro parked in Lees driveway with a white male in the drivers seat.
3:20 p.m.: Nathan Lee comes home to find a locked door, his two children, his wifes purse, keys and cell phone in the home. Denise Amber Lee, however, was missing.
3:29 p.m.: Police respond to a missing person report at the Latour Avenue home in North Port Estates of Nathaniel and Denise Amber Lee.
3:44 p.m. First police unit arrives at the Lee home. Detectives arrive at 4:16 p.m.
4:18 p.m. Police request a bloodhound from Charlotte County Sheriff's Office to search for Lee.
5:02 p.m. Police issue a "Be on the Lookout" bulletin for Lee, as well as the green Camaro.
5:06 p.m. Police request the NPPD ATV operators to begin searching the area near Lee's home.
5:15 p.m.: North Port resident Michael Lee King goes to the house of his cousin, Harold Muxlow, on Karluk Street off Biscayne Boulevard in North Port.
5:21 p.m. The bloodhound arrives at the Lee home. The dog circles the house but returns to the driveway area.
6:09 p.m. A resident who lives off Salford Blvd. sees a dark Camaro fly up Salford, make a U-turn, then come back down at a high rate of speed. She looked at her cell phone to verify the time. Later that evening, when the city issued a Code Red phone alert to residents, she called police to tell them.
6:14 p.m.: Sarasota 9-1-1 Center receives a call from Lee, whose voice was later identified by her father, Rick Goff. She is heard saying, "I just want to see my family. Please let me go." A male voice asks, "Where's the phone?" The transmission is then cut off. Police identified the owner of the cell phone as Michael Lee King and confirmed that he owned a green Chevy Camaro. Police issue a BOLO to include Michael King.
6:23 p.m.: Sarasota 9-1-1 Center receives a call from Sabrina Muxlow stating that her father, Harold Muxlow, on Karluk St., was visited by King, who is Muxlow's cousin. He asked Muxlow for a gas can, flashlight and shovel. Muxlow saw a bound woman get out of the car, but according to reports gave King the requested items.
6:30 p.m. Janet Kowalski, heading southbound on US 41, spots a dark Camaro to her left at the Cranberry Blvd. stop light. She hears a woman screaming through the open passenger window, and sees a woman slap the back window with her hand. She calls 9-1-1 and reports the Camaro's location as they pass cross-streets. The Camaro suddenly turns left and heads north on Toledo Blade Blvd.
6:59 p.m. Police enter King's house on Sardinia Ave. They do not find either King or Lee there, but discovered duct tape with long blonde hairs.
7 p.m.: Police issue an all points alert bulletin, put up check points at all North Port Interstate exits, and start a search to include dogs, all-terrain vehicles and helicopters. About that time, they hold an impromptu press conference near the Lee home.
8:18 p.m. NPPD issues a fax message to media regarding Lee's abduction and describing the Camaro with tag 374JFL. The notice said King had received a flashlight, gas can and shovel, and that a woman had tried to get out of his vehicle and King pushed her back in.
9:16 p.m.: FHP Trooper Ed Pope spots a green Camaro traveling northbound on Toledo Blade Boulevard. He checked the registration on the bulletin and confirmed it was the car in the BOLO. The Camaro entered I-75 heading southbound. Pope stopped the car near mile marker 178. He placed the sole occupant, Michael Lee King, into protective custody. King was wearing jeans that were soaked from the waist down. Police then opened the trunk of the car, believing Lee might be inside, but she was not there. They found a wet shovel in the back seat, a red 5-gallon gas can, and a blue metal flashlight in the car. They also found a metal ring with a heart on the left rear passenger seat. The ring was later identified as belonging to Denise by her husband. The vehicle was secured with crime scene tape, escorted back to the North Port Police Department and secured.
11 p.m.: King took police to a wooded area at Balsey Street, off Salford Blvd., in North Port where they searched until 2:30 a.m. Friday.
http://www.sun-herald.com/breakingnews.cfm?id=4522
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