Craig J. Eli Washtock, 38, was found dead on January 31, 2019, in a third-floor unit at the Laterra Condominiums in World Golf Village, Saint Augustine, Florida. Their 15-year-old son discovered the body at about 7:30 a.m. The District 23 Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide after investigators determined Washtock had been shot; the weapon and whether the condominium was forced entry have not been disclosed.

Washtock had been conducting an independent inquiry into the 2010 death of Michelle O’Connell, whose death was ruled a suicide by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office but remains disputed by O’Connell’s family and others. Because of Washtock’s connection to that matter and a potential conflict, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office asked the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office to handle the investigation into Washtock’s death.

Anyone with information about Washtock’s death is asked to come forward.