Prosecutors think plastic surgeon dumped body of missing Largo lawyer in landfill, court records say

According to documents filed Friday, DNA testing of multiple samples collected in the case link Tomasz Kosowski to the disappearance of Steven Cozzi.

Prosecutors have filed a motion requesting that a plastic surgeon charged with first-degree murder in the death of a missing Largo lawyer be held without bail while awaiting trial.

Steven Cozzi vanished from his office at Blanchard Law, 1501 S Belcher Road, in the middle of the day on March 21. Days later, on March 26, Tomasz Kosowski, 44, was arrested in the death of the attorney, with whom he had faced off in court.

In court documents filed Friday evening, the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office laid out its arguments for holding Kosowski in jail until he stands trial, including DNA testing that showed Cozzi’s blood was found at his office “on various surfaces of the men’s bathroom including the floor, divider, stained paper towels, napkins, and the drain” and in Kosowski’s Toyota Tundra. Cozzi’s DNA also was found in the trunk of Kosowski’s Toyota Corolla.

In addition, testing revealed Cozzi’s blood was mixed with Kosowski’s DNA in a sample collected from the garage floor of Kosowski’s Tarpon Springs home, 511 Seaview Drive, the filing said, and both men’s DNA was found on evidence taken from the outside of the restroom door at Cozzi’s office.

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