There’s been a weird twist within the story of Tiger King star Carole Baskin’s husband Jack Don Lewis, who was reported lacking, then lifeless, then supposedly alive – after which reported as lacking once more.
Confused? Bear with us as we attempt to clarify.
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In 2021, Baskin made the astonishing declare that Lewis, who was formally declared lifeless in 2002, was truly “alive and effectively in Costa Rica.”
A video of an interview she gave to ITV’s This Morning resurfaced this week and went viral, prompting authorities to pour chilly water on her declare.
“We’ve not acquired any communication from our federal companions that confirms the situation of lacking individual Mr Don Lewis,” the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace instructed Fox News.
A spokesperson for the Florida sheriff’s workplace instructed the outlet that Lewis was presently listed as a “lacking endangered grownup” and that his lacking individuals case was “nonetheless lively.”
Millionaire businessman Lewis and Carole Baskin had been married for six years earlier than he went lacking in 1997.
He disappeared from his Florida residence a day earlier than he was scheduled to go on a visit to Costa Rica.
His disappearance grew to become a central plot line in Tiger King, with Joe Exotic claims Baskin was responsible for his dying – a declare Baskin has all the time vigorously denied.
In Tiger King 2, Baskin is proven saying she might need acquired paperwork from Homeland Safety detailing her former husband’s whereabouts.
When contacted by Fox Information, she supplied them with a hyperlink to her Huge Cats Rescue web site, which confirmed a screenshot of paperwork referred to within the episode.
Excerpts of the screenshot had been blacked out, however the sentence “Lewis is presently alive and effectively in Costa Rica” had been seen.
However plainly no-one actually is aware of fairly the place Lewis is – if, certainly, he’s alive.
It is nearly sufficient to base a actuality TV collection on.
Of their latest assertion to Fox Information, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned Lewis’ disappearance “stays a precedence, as do all lacking individuals circumstances.”
In addition they suggested anybody with data on Lewis to return ahead to the authorities.
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