Jeremy Scott, a key figure in the “Bone Valley” podcast series about a 1987 Lakeland murder, has died in prison, the podcast’s author and host, Gilbert King, announced at Florida Southern College on Thursday night. Scott was 56.
The Florida Department of Corrections said the cause of death was heart failure, King reported in a one-minute podcast episode posted on Friday. Scott died alone in his cell last Saturday, King said in the podcast.
King discussed the 1987 murder of Michelle Schofield in his talk at Branscomb Auditorium before an audience of more than 500…