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Witness identifies plastic surgeon accused of killing attorney Steven Cozzi
wfla ^ | September 15, 2026 | Georgia Macarthur

Posted on 09/15/2026 6:23:37 PM PDT by xxqqzz

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A witness in the murder trial of plastic surgeon Dr. Tomasz Kosowski testified Tuesday that she saw him around the law firm where attorney Steven Cozzi worked before Cozzi disappeared.

Kosowski is accused of killing Cozzi, whose body has never been found. He is representing himself at trial.

The witness testified that she first noticed a man peering into the windows of Blanchard Law days before Cozzi disappeared. She said she later encountered the same man standing inside an electrical closet in the building.

According to her testimony, the man mentioned a power problem, but she said there was no outage. She told the court she thought the encounter was strange enough that she followed him outside.

She testified that she watched the man get into a Toyota Tundra she described as silver or gray with a New Jersey license plate.

The woman later identified Kosowski in the courtroom as the man she remembered seeing near the law firm.

She also testified that on the morning Cozzi disappeared, the area smelled strongly of bleach.

Detectives who took the stand Tuesday also described how investigators followed a gray Toyota Tundra through surveillance footage after Cozzi vanished.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfla.com ...


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Plastic surgeon is accused of murdering lawyer for firm representing medical billing company he was suing. His attorneys withdraw and he is representing himself and waived the right to a jury trial. He presumably has tons of money for lawyers. The body has never been found, so it seems like there could be a reasonable defense. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. Seems like he would be better off trying to plead to something or getting good lawyers and going to a jury trial.
1 posted on 09/15/2026 6:23:37 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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From what is reported here so far, there's no body and just so much circumstantial evidence. She found a man in the closet, but he didn't want to come out. Wasn't that what they said on South Park about Tom Cruise? It's suspicious, yes, but not enough to prove murder.
2 posted on 09/15/2026 6:36:48 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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So a man is accused of murder. Do all the men on the jury have to hang together and acquit him?


3 posted on 09/15/2026 7:06:32 PM PDT by alternatives?
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I’m having a hard time keeping up with all these white collar murders. Maybe it was always like this, but the Internet tattles to beat the band.


4 posted on 09/15/2026 7:21:14 PM PDT by lee martell
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So a man is accused of murder. Do all the men on the jury have to hang together and acquit him?

"Kosowski has waived his right to a jury trial, meaning the judge will decide whether prosecutors have proven the case against him."
5 posted on 09/15/2026 7:24:21 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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The news are talking about it here in Tampa... The plastic surgeon was being sue and the lawyer representing the victims was killed by someone.


6 posted on 09/16/2026 5:50:20 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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