Florida plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski is accused of killing Steven Cozzi, a lawyer representing his former employer in an employment dispute.
Cozzi was still missing hours later, and blood was soon found inside his Florida office building’s bathroom. After reviewing the building’sA minute after the hearing ended, surveillance video showed a man at Cozzi’s office building lifting a large, covered cart into the bed of
his truck, police said. The Largo Police Department now believes the cart contained Cozzi’s dead body.and charged with first-degree murder. As of late Monday, he remained in Pinellas County Jail.Kosowski’s attorney, Bjorn Erik Brunvand, told The Washington Post that Kosowski pleaded not guilty Monday but declined to comment further.Cozzi was an attorney for Blanchard Law in Largo, Fla. In May 2019, Kosowski brought a civil complaint against therepresented the Laufer Institute of Plastic Surgery.
a large cart out of the building with a red bag or blanket on top, police said. At 10:28 a.m., Kosowski attended the hearing by phone, but when he disconnected at 11:04 a.m., he was again seen in the footage positioning the cart near his gray Toyota Tundra in the parking lot before lifting it into the trunk, police said.drove to his Tarpon Springs home and, later that day, left the neighborhood in a red Toyota Corolla, according to police. The vehicle was later spotted in Miami, the affidavit says.
Back at work, Cozzi was nowhere to be seen, though his car remained in the parking lot and his wallet, car keys and cellphone were still in his office. After he was reported missing, police responded to the office, where they noted that his phone was playing music. It appeared that Cozzi had been in the middle of responding to an email. Surveillance footage never showed him leaving the building, according to the affidavit.found blood smeared on the door, wall and toilet.
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