Disappearance of Don Lewis Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

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Disappearance of Don Lewis (Jack Donald Lewis) was born on 30 April, 1938 in Dade City, Florida, U.S.. Discover Disappearance of Don Lewis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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His wife is Gladys Lewis Cross (div. 1990) Carole Baskin (m. 1991)

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In March 2020, using the popularity of the Netflix documentary series Tiger King, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister appealed to the public for legitimate leads or evidence for the case. In the following week, the Sheriff's Office received about six tips a day related to Lewis's disappearance but "none credible". Chronister expressed his belief that a former employee of Wildlife on Easy Street that had a sour relationship with either Lewis or Baskin will step forward with evidence. Chronister reiterated that his department does not "have any type of evidence, not one piece, that suggests that [Lewis] was killed" or that a crime was even committed. He also stated his opinion that Tiger King was spun for entertainment.

According to Murdock, who remarried in 2004 and took the name Baskin, Lewis was obsessed with sex and would frequently fly to Costa Rica to engage in affairs – especially when she was menstruating. Lewis told family members and friends that he was planning to eventually move to Costa Rica. In early 1997, Lewis began transferring ownership of his properties in Florida to a Costa Rican company he controlled. In the days leading up to his disappearance, he had bought a plane ticket to Costa Rica and was loading equipment onto a truck he planned to drive to Miami.

Lewis left behind holdings estimated at more than US$5 million, leading to a legal dispute between Baskin and Lewis's children. Lewis was declared legally dead in 2002. Most of his estate was left to Baskin. In 2004, Baskin refused to take a polygraph related to the investigation, as advised by her attorney. Lewis's children have volunteered to take polygraphs. By 2005, authorities leaned away from the theory that Lewis disappeared on his own. No one has ever been arrested or charged with a crime in relation to the case.

In December 1998, Pam Lambert of People magazine wrote that there was "a wealth of suspects and scenarios, but precious little evidence" in Lewis's disappearance. Both seasons of Tiger King covered multiple theories surrounding the disappearance. In the first season, Lewis's children pushed a theory that Baskin fed Lewis to the tigers at the sanctuary, and criticized investigators for not running a DNA test on a meat grinder on the property. However, the meat grinder was removed from the sanctuary weeks before Lewis's disappearance. Baskin reacted to the allegations, saying that there would be human bones as remains if the tigers had eaten Lewis. Baskin expressed her frustration about the theories to Lambert, saying, "Can you imagine having people think you killed your husband or wife and not being able to prove otherwise? Without a body, there is nothing I can do to clear my name."

Baskin has claimed that Lewis's mental health had been deteriorating, and he had begun rummaging in dumpsters and hoarding vehicles and junk. She said he was losing his short-term memory and was sometimes disoriented, and she suspected he was developing Alzheimer's disease. However, Lewis's former personal attorney and a former business associate have disputed this characterization. In July 1997, Lewis filed a request for a restraining order against his wife, claiming she had threatened to kill him and had hidden his gun to prevent him from protecting himself; this request was rejected. Baskin claims that he filed the restraining order because she would haul away some of his junk property whenever he visited Costa Rica. Lewis continued to live with his wife afterwards, despite having sought the restraining order. Lewis had told his wife multiple times that he wanted a divorce, but she has said she thought he was not serious about it.

Lewis disappeared on August 18, 1997, after leaving his home to make an early-morning delivery around 6:00 a.m. On August 20, his white 1989 Dodge Ram Van was found at the Pilot Country Airport in Spring Hill, Florida, 40 miles (64 km) away from the sanctuary. At the time of his disappearance, Lewis owned several planes and was known to sometimes fly them even though his private pilot license was suspended. The keys to the van were found on the floorboard and the van had been parked for a couple of days. No evidence was found within the truck.

Don Lewis was a native of Dade City, Florida. By 1981, Lewis had made his living through trucking, real estate and his used car businesses. He married his first wife, Gladys Lewis Cross, and had three daughters and an adopted son.

In January 1981, Lewis met Carole Murdock (née Stairs Jones) on Hillsborough Avenue near 50th Street in Tampa, on a night when she fled her house after being attacked by her abusive first husband, Michael Murdock. Carole Murdock and Lewis began having an affair while both were still married. She became one of his many girlfriends and substantially grew his wealth by helping him buy and sell real estate in 1984. Lewis and Murdock divorced each of their spouses and married in 1991. The following year, the couple co-founded Wildlife on Easy Street (now called Big Cat Rescue), an animal sanctuary for big cats in Tampa. The two clashed over how to run the sanctuary; he wanted to breed the cats and operate it as a business while she wanted it to be a non-profit charity.

Jack Donald Lewis (April 30, 1938 – legally d. August 19, 2002) is an American missing person who disappeared on the morning of August 18, 1997, after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida. The investigation into his disappearance has stretched from Lewis's Wildlife on Easy Street sanctuary in Tampa, co-owned with his second wife Carole Baskin, to land owned by Lewis in Costa Rica. No evidence of Lewis being murdered has surfaced, but investigators believe it is unlikely that he disappeared on his own. Lewis left behind over US$5 million in assets. He was declared legally dead in 2002 on the fifth anniversary of his disappearance.