Jumper Was Also Killer

"LAKELAND, FL - Police investigating a murder-suicide have identified the man who jumped from the Sunshine Skyway bridge as Robert Laird of Lakeland.

"An autopsy is being conducted on an unidentified body found in a burning car on the bridge near where Laird, 38, jumped to his death Monday afternoon.

"Authorities say Laird drove the car onto the bridge. They also say a homicide occurred at the Interlachen Parkway home of his ex-wife, Sheryl Lynn Laird, but have not released additional details.

"According to authorities, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office received a call at 3:12 p.m. Monday of a car on fire on the bridge. Firefighters popped the smoldering car's trunk and found a body

"They were extinguishing the fire when they received several calls of a man who jumped off the bridge. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper also saw the man jump.

"When a fire department marine unit reached the bridge, the body of a white male in his 30s had been recovered by three people in an 18-foot fishing boat."

From Tampa Bay Online...