When is Pinellas' doctor accused of having killed the lawyer?

A plastic surgeon of Pinellas, who was accused of murdering a lawyer, had no lawyer five days before his trial on Wednesday.

Tomasz Kosowski should be on trial on Monday when the Largo lawyer's lawyer, Steven Cozzi. But after his lawyers withdrew, citing ethical conflicts, Kosowski decided to represent at a hearing last week.

Pinellas Circuit Joseph Bulone's judge said Kosowski that he had to be present at his next hearing on Wednesday. He didn't. Again Kosowski stood alone at the courtroom of the courtroom.

Bulone granted his application to delay what is expected to be a protracted murder process.

The 46 -year -old Kosowski is charged with Murder's first degree in Cozzi's death and has been in prison since his arrest in March 2023. Cozzi's body was never found.

The public prosecutor requests the death penalty if Kosowski is convicted as accused.

Bulone said Kosowski that he had to be present for his next hearing on May 28th.

“We won't keep going,” he said. “If you don't strive for faith and faith, I will appoint one for you.”

In 2023 Kosowski came in a lawsuit that he had submitted for a medical billing dispute. Cozzi represented one of the accused.

After a particularly heated deposition, the witnesses remembered, the doctor followed the lawyer in a toilet and called him a “dirty bag”. At that time, Cozzi began to fear for his security, his husband said.

On March 23, 2023, Cozzi went to work in his office in Largo. But surveillance videos showed that he never left. He did not call a telephone hearing in Kosowski's lawsuit that was planned for this morning, but Kosowski did it.

Another lawyer found Cozzi's phone and personal items at his desk, where his computer was open for the text of an unsuitable e -mail. The investigators would find blood in the toilet of the office. Videos also showed a person who believed that they were Kosowski, who entered the law firm this morning with a car and later left with a large object.

Other surveillance videos received by the police showed that the man drove a Toyota tundra to Kosowski's Tarpon Springs.

While he carried out a search order against Kosowski's house, the investigators found blood in his garage and in the Toyota Tundra, which was caught on surveillance material.

Later on the day that Cozzi was missing, Kosowski's Red Toyota Corolla was picked up on the readers of the license plates in the Miami area. When Kosowski was arrested in Tarpon Springs a few days later, the police found a bloody ballistic vest, an adhesive tape, a paralyzing agent, injections with sedatives, brass, knuckles, Taser and almost $ 300,000 in cash. Cozzis DNA was also found in the trunk of the crown.

According to court documents, Cozzi's blood was mixed with Kosowskis DNA in a rehearsal that was collected from the garage floor of Kosowski's house on the Seaview Drive in Tarpon Springs, and both gentlemen -DNA were found to be demonstrated by the outside of the toilet in Cozzis office.

The investigators suspect that Kosowski Cozzi's body has unloaded in a dumpcontainer in front of US 41 in Collier County.

The deputy public prosecutor of Pinellas, Nathan Vonderheide, said he planned to call 56 state witnesses in six weeks of court proceedings. A new test date is not planned.

Kosowski said on Wednesday that he met two lawyers last week, but did not want to hire any of them.

Vonderheide said Kosowski registered for 229 hours for prison computers.

“Dr. Kososwki is a very clever man. He has an MBA and a medical conclusion from Dartmouth. His letter reflects that. It is very articulated. It is better than some lawyers I have led,” said Vonderheide. “I think the next phase of the investigation is whether it is ready to represent the process.”

“We have been ready to try this case since April 2023,” he added.

Kosowski has represented two listening of the status, but said that he does not intend to do so when his process begins.

“The deposits are not complete … and I am not sure whether forensic tests are complete. In this case, many things are not done – no matter what Mr. Vonderheide tells you,” said Kosowski.

Bulone pushed back.

“There are many more things that have been done than things that didn't do it,” he said. “The main reason why we are not ready is that you don't have a lawyer, but you will get one soon because you have no choice.”