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Body Found in Wesley Chapel Community Identified

The sheriff’s office received a call around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday September 22nd from someone who came across the decomposed body near...

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The sheriff’s office received a call around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday September 22nd from someone who came across the decomposed body near Beardsley Drive and Broughton Place in Meadow Pointe, Wesley Chapel.

The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office has identified a “highly decomposed,” body discovered Saturday in a wooded area that appeared to be a campsite as a 60-year-old Robert Hine of Hillsborough County.

A medical examiner investigator who responded to the scene noted no signs of foul play according to media reports and the issue may have been medical.

 

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