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Person of interest in Hillsborough County homicide found in Mississippi

Sara Rose Dearman, 29, had been considered a person of interest in a Hillsborough County homicide case.

LAUREL, Miss.— A woman who had been named a person of interest in a Hillsborough County homicide has been found.

Officials with the Laurel Police Department in Mississippi said Sara Rose Dearman, 29, is being held on escape and disorderly conduct charges after being arrested Friday. Those are charges from Mississippi that are unrelated to the homicide.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office had named her as a person of interest in connection with the death of Michael Stephey, whose body was found in a mobile home near E. Sligh Avenue and Oakdale Drive, not far from the Tampa Executive Airport.

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Investigators said Stephey lived alone.

Deputies said Dearman may have information about the case.

No other information was immediately available.

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