Club Blu prosecutor Anthony Kunasek found dead at home; SAO: ‘It was not murder’

The dying of Assistant State Lawyer Anthony W. Kunasek Saturday was not a homicide, State Attorney Office environment officers confirmed Sunday.

Kunasek was found dead at his Eagle Ridge dwelling in Fort Myers on Saturday.

“It was not murder,” Samantha Syoen, communications director at the Condition Attorney’s Place of work mentioned.

Syoen also introduced a assertion from State Lawyer Amira Fox:

“It is with good sadness that I announce the passing of Assistant Condition Attorney Anthony (Tony) Kunasek. Tony was an amazingly vital and beloved member of our SAO crew for a lot of years and a dear good friend, and he will be deeply skipped more than terms could at any time specific. He was an exceptional and gifted lawyer and his function aided maintain Southwest Florida a safe area to dwell. I prolong my heartfelt condolences to his family and request that you make it possible for his household and close friends to grieve privately at this time.”

Even more data on Kunasek’s demise was unavailable but a community information and facts official for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office environment reported previously: “We have no reason to imagine any murder happened.”

Kunasek, 55, was prosecuting the Club Blu shooting demo of Kierra Kashayla Russ, of Lehigh Acres, which opened Wednesday. There was no phrase no matter whether the demo, which was to resume Monday, would be postponed.

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Attorney Douglas Molloy, symbolizing Russ, declined to comment about Kunasek’s dying.

Approximately six decades right after two youngsters have been shot dead and 14 hurt, opening arguments and testimony started Wednesday for one of 5 defendants in the case.

Russ faces lifetime in jail, billed with two counts of 2nd-degree murder and a single count of conspiracy. Fort Myers Law enforcement reported the taking pictures stemmed from warring gangs.

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Kunasek was a 1994 graduate of the Western Michigan College Thomas M. Cooley Legislation College and had been a professor in the criminal justice section at Florida Gulf Coast College. He was a member of the SAO’s particular prosecutions unit.

Legal professional Chris Crowley, a previous assistant point out attorney now in non-public practice, worked with Kunasek in the early 2000s.

“He was a truly superior attorney,” Crowley. “He compensated a ton of consideration to detail. He and (now Lee County Courtroom decide) Maria Gonzalez held the felony division collectively.”

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