the women's bodies were discovered floating in the tampa bay on june 4, 1989 with bound hands and feet with concrete blocks tied to their necks and duct tape over their mouths. the first body was found floating over the sunshine skyway bridge when a sailboat on its way home to tampa after a trip to key west, had just crossed under the sunshine skyway when many people on board saw an object in the water. they soon realized it was a dead body of a female. soon another body was found and yet another third body was also dragged out of the bay within an hour. all three bodies had been tied and gagged and had concrete blocks tied around their necks. autopsies thought the women had been tossed into the bay while still alive.