- Kerry and Jeff (on right) in Costa Rica, 1993
On July 18, 2010, close friends of Jeff’s discovered that he’d been murdered in his home when he failed to attend a birthday party he’d planned. Calls to his number went unanswered. A local handyman was arrested after he used Jeff’s credit cards to buy shoes and other items. In the days after the murder, information on the case was hard to obtain. The “In Memory of Jeff Norton” Facebook page was established. This page is maintained to provide information on the case.
Click this link for memorial links
Click this link for American Theatre report of Norton Awards
Click this link for information on Mr Kolpert, a play to honor Jeff Norton
Criminal Trial Process Information
Click here for the Case Progress Docket
- Thomas J. Lafoe Defendent
- Case # CRC1015736CFANO
- Log in as “Guest” [simply clicking 'guest' will take you to the page, use the name and case # only if the link does not work. ]
Lafoe interjecting himself into investigation
It was early Monday morning and police were investigating the death of a well-loved actor who lived nearby.
As people milled about, Lafoe stopped to chat.
“Everybody’s pretty close in this neighborhood,” he told a St. Petersburg Times reporter.
Days later, St. Petersburg police arrested Lafoe and charged him with murdering Jeffrey Norton, 55. Lafoe first denied it, then admitted some of it, then admitted all of it, police said. He used a heavy metal sword.
Norton was dead for at least 72 hours before anyone found him. Meanwhile, police said Lafoe used Norton’s credit card to buy two pairs of shoes from Foot Locker. And back home, he told people he’d been fishing that weekend. He claimed to have knocked on Norton’s door three times.
“Well, nobody told me Jeff’s dead,” he said Monday.
August 5, 2010 Via message onYoutube I am very sorry to tell you that [Thomas J Lafoe is my uncle.] I only met him a few times in my life but he deserves what’s coming. If it’s a condolence to you my family is not like him. I have tried to leave a sincere message on the guest page for Jeff but it wouldn’t post. He is my mother’s brother and he is a dirt bag. If you are family of Jeff my sincere feelings go out to you and yours and please if you know his family tell them this for me. My grandfather wasn’t the best guy but he didn’t raise his kids for this. I just felt like it was the right thing to do was to say this to defend my mother’s maiden name a bit, but more so to try to let Jeff friends know that Tom’s family as far as I know does not understand his stupidity in this. There’s no excuse for it and it really only bothered me more so for his family and for my mom. In fact he’s actually known as Butch in the family and not Tom. Editor: Not sure where to post this, so I posted it here.
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Update: The next pre-trial hearing will be on April 14, 2011 at 8:30. Don’t be late, they bring the perps over from the jail early and the judge wants him in and out of her courtroom.
The next pre-trial hearing will be at 8:30 am on Jaunary 10, 2011 in St Pete.
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Lafoe will have a pre-trial hearing on October 4, 2010.