LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk County Tax Collector’s Office IT manager was found dead in a wooded area of Colt Creek State Park after investigators identified him as the suspect accused of secretly recording women inside an employee restroom.
Polk County sheriff’s deputies found the body of Sean Michael Krause, 60, of Lakeland, at about 8:28 a.m. Sept. 22. Investigators said preliminary evidence indicates Krause died by suicide, though the Medical Examiner’s Office will make the official determination.
The investigation began a day earlier when the Sheriff’s Office was called to the Polk County Tax Collector’s Office Information Technology building in Bartow. The facility is separate from the main Tax Collector’s Office and is restricted to employees…