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The Florida sheriff who is investigating the disappearance of Don Lewis believes his famous wife, Carol Baskin, may have been involved in a murder-for-hire plot.

According to the Daily Mail, Lewis’ mysterious disappearance raised eyebrows after Netflix’s “Tiger King” became a viral sensation. Viewers believed that Carole Baskin, the rival of Joe Exotic, may have been involved in her second husband’s strange disappearance. The couple was married in 1991 until his strange disappearance in August 1997 and Lewis was declared legally dead in 2002. Reports say he left $5 million in assets.

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Now, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister stated to TMZ that he suspects that Baskin and other people were involved in Lewis’ disappearance:

‘I’m extremely suspicious but not just of her, of this whole circle here. I don’t want to allude to the fact or insinuate that she’s our person of interest we’re focusing on. I’m not comfortable saying that yet,’

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Sheriff Chronister is encouraging those involved in the alleged murder-for-hire plot to come forward to help deputies put an end to the investigation.

‘There’s normally not one person that commits a homicide, it’s always a couple of people. This had to be extremely planned out, this had to be well thought out. There’s someone else involved in this. There’s someone who was paid to do it, there’s someone who helped do it,’

‘I hoping that person wants to come and get this off their chest and help law enforcement do the right thing,’