Carole Baskin Don Lewis Death

Born jack donald lewis on april 30 1938 in dade city the floridian was known as don.

Carole baskin don lewis death. A florida sheriff says he believes cat conservationist carole baskin s second husband don lewis was likely killed and more than one person was behind what could be a murder for hire plot. The investigation into his disappearance has stretched from lewis s wildlife on easy street sanctuary in tampa co owned by his second wife carole baskin to land owned by lewis in costa rica. He was declared legally dead in 2002. Former handyman was linked to carole baskin s husband s disappearance and had a large freezer with a padlock on his front porch that disappeared around the time don lewis went missing ex wife claims.

Her multi millionaire husband jack donald lewis who went by don lewis did vanish without a trace back on aug. Born june 6 1961 is an american big cat rights activist and ceo of big cat rescue a non profit animal sanctuary based near tampa florida. The cold case of carole baskin s first husband don lewis was magnified on the tiger king docuseries and while the big cat enthusiast continues to maintain her innocence in his alleged murder. Our don lewis wiki elaborates on who carole baskin s husband was.

Lewis vanished a day before a scheduled trip to costa rica and was never found. He and baskin started the animal sanctuary which later became big cat rescue. Baskin drew public attention when she was featured in the 2020 netflix documentary series tiger king about oklahoma based private zoo operator joe exotic the netflix series follows both baskin and joe exotic filming. No evidence of lewis being killed has surfaced but investigators believe it is unlikely that he disappeared on his own.

Lewis left behind over 5 million in assets. Don lewis was a businessman. Carole baskin née stairs jones. Murder mayhem and madness has deepened the mystery of the disappearance of don lewis the second husband of cat conservationist carole baskin.

Baskin claimed that the night before he vanished he told her he had to wake up very early to transport cars to costa rica where he had. The wildly popular netflix series tiger king. But lewis disappeared over two decades ago and authorities haven t figured out what happened to him yet. Jack donald lewis was an american missing person who disappeared on the morning of august 18 1997 after leaving his home in tampa florida.

Baskin was married to don lewis before howard baskin.