Crime & Safety
Suspicious Death Under Investigation in New Port Richey
Police say the man was found in the Fairway Springs community.

Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a suspicious death in New Port Richey’s Fairway Springs community.
Deputies say they found the body of Kenneth Taylor, 52, on a cul-de-sac at the end of Watson Drive Monday night around 9:15 p.m. Watson Drive in an underdeveloped road within the Fairway Springs community.
“(Taylor) appears to have suffered upper body trauma and detectives and forensics units remain on scene investigating what led up to the man’s death,” sheriff’s office spokeswoman Melanie Snow wrote in a Tuesday morning email to media.
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Anyone with information about Taylor’s death is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 727-847-8102 or the Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488.
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