Florida Plastic Surgeon Accused of Murdering Lawyer Had Sedatives, Duct Tape in Car, Cops Say

The Florida plastic surgeon accused of murdering an attorney who went missing at his law office during a bathroom break had a bloody ballistic vest, masks, “intravenous” sedatives, brass knuckles, duct tape, and a taser inside his car when he was pulled over by authorities on Saturday, police said.

The damning new claims emerged in an arrest affidavit obtained by the Tampa Bay Times on Monday, nearly a week after 41-year-old Steven Cozzi mysteriously vanished from his Largo, Florida, law office.

Authorities say Cozzi’s body remains missing, but there was enough evidence—like security camera footage, fingerprints, and blood splattered throughout the bathroom near the lawyer’s office—for them to charge 44-year-old plastic surgeon Tomasz Roman Kosowski with his murder. Cozzi was allegedly killed while he was representing several of the doctor’s former patients in a lawsuit Kosowski had brought against them.

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