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A person who was looking into a woman's 2010 death was found
dead inside their home in Florida, police said. The person who
was found dead Thursday in St. Augustine, Florida, was
conducting an independent investigation into the controversial
death of a 24-year-old woman, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office
said.

Michelle O'Connell's 2010 death was ruled a suicide, but her
family believed she was killed by her boyfriend, a deputy with
the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office
initially investigated O'Connell's death, and an independent
investigation ordered by then-Gov. Rick Scott found in 2015 that
the evidence didn't support the claim that her death was a
homicide.

On Thursday, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office was initially
called to the St. Augustine home. The agency later asked the
sheriff's office in neighboring Putnam County to take over the
investigation to avoid a conflict of interest, Putnam County
sheriff's Maj. Steve Rose told reporters.

It was too early to determine if Thursday's death was a homicide
or a suicide, Rose said. He said it was being investigated as a
suspicious death.

The victim had an apparent gunshot wound, and an autopsy was
expected to be conducted Friday, Rose said. He wouldn't say
whether a weapon was recovered from the scene.

No suspect has been identified in the death, but police were
confident that there was no threat to the community, Rose said.
He told reporters that investigators haven't been able to
positively identify the victim.

The victim identified as a male and a female, Rose said. "The
information that we have from people that we have talked to is
the person does identify as both a male and a female going by a
male name and then also a female name as well," Rose said.

Rose said he didn't know why the victim was looking into the
O'Connell case or what the person may have found. "They did
request to view some public records," Rose said. "What all the
individual was allowed to view I do not know."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michelle-oconnell-case-person- investigating-womans-2010-death-found-dead-inside-florida-home/
 

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