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The search for a missing Florida man has taken a turn toward tragedy. The whereabouts of Bobby Scott, 63, are still publicly unknown, but the Volusia Sheriff’s Office believe he is dead. Investigators say he was murdered by someone he met through a dating app. Michael Harris Jr., 20, was arrested Saturday.

This started with a missing persons’ case. Scott, a resident of Daytona Beach, was last seen leaving home on January 17, according to the initial story from deputies. He was heading out to the area of the city of DeLand to meet someone. Authorities cryptically said on Wednesday that they found his cell phone and vehicle, but added that no one had seen or heard from him.

Now authorities say that Harris killed him. The defendant is charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon.

According to investigators, Scott’s husband reported him missing after he did not return home for a day. Deputies said that they found his vehicle two days later in Harris’s possession.

The defendant allegedly claimed that the victim had loaned it to him on the 17th, and they had not communicated since then. Apparently, this was out of character for Scott: He never loaned the vehicle to anybody, according to the official account.

Deputies claimed to learn that Scott and Harris met through a dating app and scheduled a meet-up to take place on the 17th. Investigators noted there was evidence in the victim’s vehicle linking Harris to the murder, but they did not describe this purported proof.
 
This is my neck of the woods. His body has been found.
This evening.
Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Andrew Gant said Sunday detectives recovered Scott’s body in an area off of the 2900 block of Old New York Avenue west of DeLand.

And his accused murderer has a history:
"Michael Harris has a history of posing as a gay prostitute and blackmailing and robbing the victims, and in this case, murdering the victim," the sheriff said.

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A man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of a 63-year-old man he met through a dating app was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Thursday in Volusia County.

Michael Harris Jr., 20, was sentenced in the brutal beating death of Bobby Scott, according to court documents.
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Name:HARRIS, MICHAEL
Current Release Date: 01/03/2066
 
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