FL FL - Steven Cozzi, lawyer, Largo, 21 March 2023 *plastic surgeon arrested*

[ex-stat]

This is horrific. It made me really sad when I read that he loved running marathons and his cat, Saffron.

 

[Nila Aella]

I don’t know if I’ll ever get over this crime. It’s so terrible.
I hope his body is found… we know he is gone now. I also hope he died quickly and didn’t suffer for a long time.

100%

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

Is it correct they caught the doctor thru id'ing his fingerprint? If so, I wonder why his fingerprints are in the system. Did he have a record, or are all medical professionals fingerprinted upon licensing?

We're fingerprinted for licensing and sometimes we're fingerprinted again for hospital credentialing.

 

[Snoopster]

Is it correct they caught the doctor thru id'ing his fingerprint? If so, I wonder why his fingerprints are in the system. Did he have a record, or are all medical professionals fingerprinted upon licensing?

I think that he was a suspect from the get-go because of his troubling appearance at the Blanchard offices back in January. They knew he was angry with SC. They would have watched the surveillance video and seen that the individual was consistent in look to TK. Then LE found out about the man hiding in the utility room incident from a week or two prior, and checked the room for fingerprints...and, voila, a match.

 

[Nila Aella]

LE is requesting tips on his wherabouts during his time in South Florida March 21-26.

Newly released documents give timeline of lawyer’s disappearance

Police believe he was taken to the Everglades.

www.baynews9.com

 

[arielilane]

Maybe it was a remote control for a license plate blocker?

The link should be set up for 9:59 to watch the guys push the button and flip the plate.

I watched this whole video. lol Didn't know about a plate blocker, only knew about license plate spray blocker. Thanks for posting. Wonder if this was used in EB case? moo

 

[Nila Aella]

I watched this whole video. lol Didn't know about a plate blocker, only knew about license plate spray blocker. Thanks for posting. Wonder if this was used in EB case? moo

Which case is EB?

 

[ex-stat]

LE is requesting tips on his wherabouts during his time in South Florida March 21-26.

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Newly released documents give timeline of lawyer’s disappearance

Police believe he was taken to the Everglades.

www.baynews9.com

Good, I hope this helps to locate his body. How sad.

 

[KooshBall]

I'm still shocked that security wasn't stepped up after the man in the closet incident. My fear would have been he was waiting to attack and rape someone.

This doctor sounds so unhinged yet has friends claiming he was a normal, great guy. This was one of the most ridiculous and senseless murders I have read about. Like removing the opposing attorney is going to make the lawsuits and the doctors incompetence as his own attorney go away.

 

[Eli9]

Good, I hope this helps to locate his body. How sad.

If he was dumped in the everglades that doesn't seem to likely.

 

[Betamax]

I'm still shocked that security wasn't stepped up after the man in the closet incident. My fear would have been he was waiting to attack and rape someone.

This doctor sounds so unhinged yet has friends claiming he was a normal, great guy. This was one of the most ridiculous and senseless murders I have read about. Like removing the opposing attorney is going to make the lawsuits and the doctors incompetence as his own attorney go away.

This is what blows my mind and why we “normal” people will never understand why killers kill. TK has a net worth of around $2.2M (likely more) house $1.7M, cash $300K, guns $200K (and assuming no debt). And yet, he kills someone over, what $150K in legal bills and lost wages? I get it, he’s pissed off. But murder? Dude is a straight up psychopath. Where’s his wife (or significant other)? Kids? Family? Who are his friends? Oh, wait he doesn’t have any of those normal relationships because he is a nutcase. JMHO

 

[Betamax]

dbm

 

[Marysmith]

This is what blows my mind and why we “normal” people will never understand why killers kill. TK has a net worth of around $2.2M (likely more) house $1.7M, cash $300K, guns $200K (and assuming no debt). And yet, he kills someone over, what $150K in legal bills and lost wages? I get it, he’s pissed off. But murder? Dude is a straight up psychopath. Where’s his wife (or significant other)? Kids? Family? Who are his friends? Oh, wait he doesn’t have any of those normal relationships because he is a nutcase. JMHO

And planned this so much. Just sitting in his mansion stewing over a lawyer that just happened to take the case for the people he is being sued by when he could have been enjoying his life and learning a lesson regarding insurance and billing. Unreal!

 

[Nila Aella]

I was curious about the paralyzing drug found (Succinylcholine).

I agree that TK might have taken Cozzi to another location. It seems TK wanted his victim to not just be dead, but to suffer significantly.
I wonder if Cozzi was alive and conscious, but physically paralyzed, while in the cart. Succinylcholine and syringes were found in the search warrant, among other medical items.

Succinylcholine (Anectine) - Master Anesthesia

Therapeutic Effects:Short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blockade Anesthesia Implications Use – the rapid onset along with rapid metabolism makes this drug ideal in situations of questionable airways and situations requiring rapid intubation (trauma). Sedation First – always ensure adequate...

masteranesthesia.com

Succinylcholine (Anectine)​

Anesthesia Implications​

Therapeutic Effects:Short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blockade
Classification:Short-acting depolarizing neuromuscular blocker
Time to Onset:60 seconds
Duration:up to 6 minutes
Method of Action: Succinylcholine [...] results in skeletal muscle paralysis. Composition of this drug makes it specific to skeletal muscle, so cardiac and smooth muscle remain unaffected.

Suxamethonium chloride - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Suxamethonium chloride, also known as suxamethonium or succinylcholine, or simply sux by medical abbreviation [...]

Suxamethonium does not produce unconsciousness or anesthesia, and its effects may cause considerable psychological distress while simultaneously making it impossible for a patient to communicate. Therefore, administration of the drug to a conscious patient is contraindicated.

Deliberate induction of conscious apnea using this drug led to its use as a form of aversion therapy in the 1960s and 1970s in some prison and institutional settings.[17][18][19] This use was discontinued after negative publicity concerning the terrifying effects on subjects of this treatment and ethical questions about the punitive use of painful aversion.

I was curious about this drug wondering if it is commonly used by anesthesiologists or plastic surgeons. Many articles I came across mention another drug that is safer for intubation and the use of succinylcholine is debated when there is a safer alternative. They do mention certain surgeries where it is still the best to use, but plastic surgery was not mentioned. Mainly wondering if he had regular access to it or if he needed to order something that he normally didn't use? Any physicians here who can weigh in on its use?

Suxamethonium chloride - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

[Succinylcholine--update] - PubMed

The action profile of succinylcholine is unmatched even 50 years after its introduction into anaesthestic practice. This is probably why succinylcholine, despite its many and partly life-threatening side-effects, is still considered to be indispensable by many anaesthetists and emergency...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Also came across some articles that said it is hard to detect when used as a poison, but then found this which is a study on elimination and detection for forensic analysis.

Degradation and elimination of succinylcholine and succinylmonocholine and definition of their respective detection windows in blood and urine for forensic purposes - PubMed

The muscle relaxant succinylcholine (SUX) evokes respiratory paralysis, and numerous cases of fatal SUX intoxication have been reported. Detection of SUX and its metabolite succinylmonocholine (SMC) is difficult, both due to their (bis-) quaternary structure and the extreme hydrolytic...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

MOO

 

[Nila Aella]

Return from the search warrant on the car.

Four firearms
Magazines
GPS tracker!

Scribd

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edit: two firearms changed to four

 

[Nila Aella]

Third page of return: car search warrant.

Scribd

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edit: double posted 3rd page so removed one

 

[Nila Aella]

Just noticed that there is a lisence plate switching device and a lisence plate concealment controller listed seperately on the car return.

MOO

 

[Nila Aella]

Or there's a flipper

Maybe a flipper like this one?

'Out of a 007 movie': Police pull over Mercedes equipped with license-plate flipper in OC burglaries

Irvine police stopped a car that was possibly involved in previous vehicle burglaries -- and discovered a device that flipped the license plate.

abc7.com

I am curious if there was one on the truck too.

MOO

edit: just had an additional thought, maybe this was on the truck and he was just transporting it inside the corolla?
MOO

 

[Nila Aella]

This article has a google maps interactive of the law office for a look outside in the parking lot and road.

Largo lawyer murder: Blood, firearms, $280,000 cash found in search of surgeon's vehicles, home, police say

A Pinellas County plastic surgeon may have been planning to harm or kill a lawyer for days before he showed up at Blanchard Law, P.A. in Largo on March 21, 2023, according to information in documents filed with Pinellas County courts.

www.fox13news.com

edit:wording

 

[ch_13]

Just noticed that there is a lisence plate switching device and a lisence plate concealment controller listed seperately on the car return.

MOO

My assumption is it's a two-part device. The switcher attaches to the back of the car as a license plate holder, while the controller has buttons that allow you to change the plate while driving.

The below photo from an Amazon listing is an example of what I mean.

I am curious if there was one on the truck too.

MOO

edit: just had an additional thought, maybe this was on the truck and he was just transporting it inside the corolla?MOO

The Tundra had unregistered NJ plates that were either stolen or belonged to the previous owner. TK never registered the truck in Florida, I believe.

I think the Corolla had the switcher because that was TK's regular car and the car he used to transport SC's body to the Everglades. He probably figured that he could evade capture if the license plate cameras along his route didn't recognize his plates.