Carole Baskin’s First Husband Still Missing Despite Resurfaced Interview

The feds discovering Carole Baskin‘s first husband alive is all the excitement on the web — however that will be information to native authorities, who inform TMZ they have not heard from the feds, and nonetheless contemplate Don Lewis lacking.

Here’s the deal … Twitter customers began chirping Wednesday when lots of them found — for the primary time, apparently — a 2021 interview with Carole about an alleged report the Dept. of Homeland Security discovered Lewis dwelling in Costa Rica. The purported DHS report got here to gentle through the second season of “Tiger King.”

Like we mentioned, Carole already spoke about it, and we reported on it too … however for some motive, everybody appears to suppose the thriller was solved 2 years in the past. It actually wasn’t.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office — which is in command of Don’s lacking individual’s case — tells TMZ its had no communication with federal officers to counsel they’ve positioned Don Lewis. Obviously, the FBI would’ve shared that information, so so far as the Sheriff’s Office is anxious, nothing’s modified — Lewis continues to be a lacking individual, and the case stays a precedence for HCSO.

It’s additionally value noting …. as a authorized matter, Don’s been presumed lifeless since 2002. And after all, Joe Exotic sees it that approach too.

Joe’s lawyer, John Phillips says the ‘TK2’ doc and Carole’s ITV interview do not make a distinction of their minds about her alleged involvement in DL’s disappearance … including the doc was floated as having veracity, when it would not in any respect. He additionally insists Joe shall be vindicated in due time.

As for Carole, she reiterates what she informed us again in 2021 … which is that she doesn’t know if the alleged DHS doc ‘TK2’ producers confirmed her is actual. She’s at all times maintained she had nothing to do together with his disappearance, or attainable dying.