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citate" (DNR) request. Deputies learned that Hancock had been providing 24 hour care for
the Victim, along with Katherine Bowker (24) and Katelyn Allen (23). The Victim had been
staying with Hancock, Bowker and Allen at a residence on SW 67th Place near Cedar Key.
The responding deputies noticed some bruising on the Victim's body but did not
observe obvious signs of foul play. The following day during funeral preparations, the fu-
neral director observed other potential signs of elder abuse. After interviewing the funeral
director, LCSO Investigators requested that the Medical Examiner s Office conduct an au-
topsy in order to more accurately determine the cause and manner of the Victim's death.
On October 24, 2014, LCSO Investigators were informed by personnel from the
Medical Examiner s Office that the autopsy had revealed that the Victim was found to have
suffered a "bilateral fracture of the Hyoid bone," a fracture of the calcified membrane around
the thyroid gland, multiple rib fractures and a fractured collar bone. It was the Medical Ex-
aminer's opinion that Mrs. Bishop could have been the victim of a homicide.
On October 30, 2014, Investigators from the LCSO Criminal Investigations Divi-
sion re-interviewed Hancock, Bowker and Allen regarding the autopsy findings. During
the interview, Hancock admitted that on the date of the Victim's death he had become very
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