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Man 'drove dead body to lawyer's office'

John Marshall, 52, said he shot his neighbor in self-defense during a scuffle involving a gun. Photo: Lee County Sheriff's Office

Detectives are investigating the case of a man who drove to his lawyer's office with a dead body in the bed of his pickup truck because he 'didn't know who else to trust'.

John Marshall, 52, said he shot his neighbor in self-defense during a scuffle involving a gun, his attorney, Robert Harris, told the Fort Myers News-Press and WINK-TV.


The lawyer reported the death of 65-year-old Theodore Hubbell, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, which said it had not made any arrests.

The men were neighbours in Bokeelia, a community of about 2000 people on Pine Island in southwest Florida, according to sheriff's spokesman Tony Schall.

Marshall was taken to the hospital with facial wounds and possibly broken thumbs, according to the News-Press.

[[img:https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/150305/EMBED-truck.jpg|caption=Marshall took a dead body to his lawyer's office in his pick-up truck [pictured]. Photo: News-Press/WINK-TV]]

Harris told the News-Press that Marshall had called him days earlier saying he feared for his safety.

"They don't teach you about this in law school. That's for sure," he said.

"I believe we've handled ourselves correctly, but I'm a little in shock myself. This is not something that happens every day."

It was not clear why the men were fighting, but their dispute appeared to center around a property concern.

(Editing by Letitia Stein and Doina Chiacu)

News break - Friday March 6