A Body Is Found In Lake Worth Florida

Jon Lejiste of Greenacres had been reported missing over the weekend by his family. From 2008-12 he started 30 games as safety for USF’s Bulls while amassing 137 tackles, five sacks and three interceptions before his untimely demise was not considered suspicious by law enforcement authorities.

At 4 pm Sunday afternoon, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit responded to Bay Hill Village at Winston Trails development and located the body of 27-year-old man found floating in its lake. Medical examiner personnel took custody of his remains for autopsy.

College Park and Old Lucerne districts, listed by the National Register of Historic Places, as well as its downtown district are home to historic neighborhoods that date back decades and offer restaurants and shops that draw many people in from across Palm Beach County and Florida. It also hosts an annual street painting festival as well as Palm Beach Pride (one of Florida’s largest LGBTQIA+ pride festivals) are popular cultural events in Palm Beach City.

The Special Collections Department at University of North Texas Libraries collects and preserves rare books, oral histories, university archives, historical manuscripts, maps, microfilm, photographs, artwork and artifacts that are available to researchers at Willis Library’s fourth-floor Reading Room.

This collection contains video footage and script from a news story aired by KXAS-NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas to announce the discovery of an ex-convict’s body found buried near Lake Worth; details surrounding his death remain unclear to authorities.

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old John-Smith Saint-Eloi after he admitted to smashing out the windows of a marked Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office patrol car in Lake Worth. Saint-Eloi allegedly admitted his crime during an interview with investigators and faces criminal mischief, vandalism and more charges as he told investigators the patrol car had asked him to stop. Saint-Eloi told investigators it had asked him to pull over as it “asked him to pull over”. This story will develop further; further details will be given as it becomes known.