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True crime cases in Tampa

5case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026

Casepin holds 5 case files in Tampa. By legal status, 1 marked cold, 1 marked ongoing and 3 marked solved.

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5
Cold
1
Ongoing
1
Solved
3
Span
1926–2024
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2
Creators
1
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    Bank of America Tower, downtown Tampa, Florida · 2002

    Death of Charles J. Bishop in the 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 Crash

    On January 5, 2002, 15-year-old Charles J. Bishop stole a Cessna 172 during a flight lesson in Tarpon Springs, Florida, and flew it into the Bank of America Tower in downtown Tampa, killing himself. A suicide note cited Osama bin Laden, but officials found no evidence of any terrorist connection and treated the crash as an apparent suicide.

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    Wildlife on Easy Street sanctuary, Tampa, Florida · 1997

    Disappearance of Don Lewis

    Don Lewis, a Tampa, Florida, businessman and co-founder of an exotic-animal sanctuary, disappeared on August 18, 1997, at age 59, after leaving home on an early-morning delivery; his van was found two days later at an airport 40 miles away with the keys inside. He was declared legally dead in 2002. No one has been arrested or charged, and investigators have said they have no evidence a crime occurred; the case drew renewed public attention after the 2020 documentary series Tiger King.

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    Home2 Suites hotel parking lot, Tampa, Florida · 2024

    Murder of Julio Foolio

    Rapper Julio Foolio (Charles Andrew Jones II) was fatally shot in a gang-related ambush in a hotel parking lot in Tampa, Florida, on June 23, 2024. Five people were later tried: four men were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole, and one woman was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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Case files in Tampa

The files run from 1926 to 2024. The 2020s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Disappearance of Don Lewis, from 1997.

By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (3), disappearance cases (1) and mass shooting cases (1).

2 files of the 5 have coverage attached: 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 1 creator. The most covered is Death of Charles J. Bishop in the 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 Crash, with 3 items to watch or hear.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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How many case files in Tampa are on Casepin?

5. By status: 1 cold, 1 ongoing and 3 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Disappearance of Don Lewis, from 1997. Open the file

Which case in Tampa has the most coverage?

Death of Charles J. Bishop in the 2002 Tampa Cessna 172 Crash, with 3 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Tampa?

48 Hours (1 case).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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