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first_reported: 2026-11-03 07:00 EST
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# 4 years later, man admits he dumped Pinellas woman’s body in Gulf of Mexico

Almost four years after a group of fishermen found a dead woman wrapped in a black plastic garbage bag in the Gulf of Mexico, a man admitted that he is the person who dumped her body in the water.

Section: [Around Town](/tampa-bay/section/life.md) · Entities: none

## Coverage

- [Tampa Bay Times](https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/11/03/matthew-zoladz-heather-strickland-guilty-pinellas-gulf-egmont-key/), 2026-11-03 07:00 EST: 4 years later, man admits he dumped Pinellas woman’s body in Gulf of Mexico

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