By Ileana Morales, Times Staff Writer
Friday, October 15, 2010
TAMPA — A man known to search Tampa trash bins for useful items died early Friday in what appears to be an accident, deputies said.
Hillsborough County deputies were on the scene at an apartment complex at 13722 23rd Street N. He appears to be from the area and died shortly before 8 a.m., spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
As investigators examined the scene, the man's body was beneath a sheet at the end of the apartment complex parking lot, near a parking space. He was next to a trash bin, which was connected to a garbage truck, and a toppled shopping cart and some garbage was strewn nearby.
No other details were yet available.