Leesburg: Man Charged With 2nd Degree Murder

A Leesburg man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his father, who was found dead over the weekend in a shallow grave behind his mobile home, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said today.

Jesse Wachter Jr., 28, who also goes by Jesse Jordan, has been held since the weekend in the Lake County Jail on drug charges. He was charged Tuesday night in the death of 63-year-old Jesse Wachter.

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