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Jeffrey Dampier Jr. was 39 when he was killed on July 26, 2005. A onetime Illinois Lottery jackpot winner who moved from Chicago to the Tampa Bay area after a divorce, he had invested in a gourmet popcorn business and supported members of his extended family, including his sister-in-law, Victoria Jackson.

When he arrived she and her boyfriend, Nathaniel Jackson, 24, bound his hands, forced him into his van at gunpoint, and demanded money. Nathaniel allegedly assaulted Dampier and then handed the gun to Victoria, who fatally shot him in the back of the head. The pair left his body in the van and fled; they were later arrested in Jacksonville and charged with first-degree murder, armed kidnapping and armed carjacking. Victoria and Nathaniel Jackson were each sentenced to three consecutive life terms without parole in 2006.

What details about Dampier’s life or movements in Tampa Bay might help explain how he came to be targeted?