Hillsborough: Body found in pond near bar; 'It was him,' friend of missing man says

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By ELISABETH DYER, Times Staff Writer
Published February 2, 2008

TAMPA

A candlelight vigil was planned for Friday night at a pub where Tim Chipley was last seen. But about 90 minutes before the vigil was to begin, word spread that a body had been found at a pond in an apartment complex not far from the pub. Tim Chipley was last seen at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday at O'Brien's Irish Pub on North Dale Mabry Highway. Hillsborough County sheriff's officials had not officially identified the deceased person late Friday, but some of Chipley's friends feared the worst. About a mile from the bar, Todd Dahlke watched as deputies and a dive team searched for evidence in a pond at the Country Wood Apartments. After speaking with detectives, Dahlke leaned on the trunk of a sheriff's car and cried. "It was him," said Dahlke, who worked with Chipley at Nuccio Air Conditioning. "I got it confirmed." Sheriff's Maj. Harold Winslett would not comment on the victim's identity or a possible cause of death.