NORTH PORT - A witness called 911 and said she saw a woman banging on the window of a Camaro and screaming for help as a car made its way down U.S. 41 on Thursday night, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Amber Lee. ...more

January 23, 2008

A motorist called 911 Thursday after hearing a woman screaming from the backseat of a car on U.S. 41, but the information apparently never got to officers searching for Denise Lee that night. ...more

January 23, 2008

At least two people saw Denise Amber Lee struggle with the man charged in her killing before she was shot in the head and left in a shallow grave, according to documents released Tuesday that reveal the last harrowing hours of the North Port mother's life. ...more

January 22, 2008

Late Monday night, prosecutors added first-degree murder to the charges against the man being held in the slaying of Denise Amber Lee, a North Port woman found in a shallow grave Saturday. ...more

January 22, 2008

Hours before Michael Lee King was captured Thursday, police entered his North Port home, prompted by a harrowing 911 call in which Denise Amber Lee could be heard crying and begging to be set free. ...more

January 22, 2008

All day Friday, to investigators and relatives, the situation made no sense. On their minds was Denise Amber Lee, 21, of North Port, daughter of a law enforcement veteran and a married stay-at-home mom. She liked posting pictures and video on My-Space of her 2005 wedding and her two sons, showing off her infant's hiccups and his 2-year-old brother dancing around in a diaper. ...more

January 19, 2008

According to a probable-cause affidavit, here's what happened in the disappearance of Denise Amber Lee: ...more

January 18, 2008

PIT STOPS BULL VERSUS THE HARE? The full exchange from young gun Denny Hamlin and old stalwart Kyle Petty about their wreck at Dover didn't run with Monday's coverage in the Tribune. Here were the most biting remarks: ...more

September 26, 2007