A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN LAST WEEK IN CONNECTION WITH MOLESTING A YOUNG BOY WAS FOUND DEAD SATURDAY MORNING. MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES SAY 46 YEAR OLD GREGORY PACHECO’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS ELKCAM BOULEVARD HOME NEXT TO A VACANT HOUSE JUST BEFORE 10AM SATURDAY. DETECTIVES SAY THEY DO NOT SUSPECT FOUL PLAY, BUT THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, AND THEY WILL AWAIT AUTOPSY RESULTS BEFORE MAKING A DETERMINATION. PACHECO TURNED HIMSELF IN LAST WEDNESDAY TO THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL AFTER AN EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT PACHECO ABUSED HIM BACK IN AUGUST AND NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. AUTHORITIES FEAR THERE ARE MORE VICTIMS WHO VISITED THE VICTIM’S HOME, AND THEY STILL HAVE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
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