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Disappearance of Don Lewis, the Glossary

Jack Donald Lewis (born April 30, 1938) was an American missing person who disappeared on the morning of August 18, 1997, after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida.^[1]

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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Animal sanctuary

An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and to be protected for the rest of their lives.

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Bagaces

Bagaces is a district of the Bagaces canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica.

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The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar.

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Big Cat Rescue

Big Cat Rescue Corp., also known as BCR and previously known as Wildlife on Easy Street, Inc., operates an animal sanctuary in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, which rescues and houses exotic cats, and rehabilitates injured or orphaned native wild cats. Disappearance of Don Lewis and Big Cat Rescue are tiger King.

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Birth name

A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth.

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Carole Baskin

Carole Ann Baskin (née Stairs; formerly Murdock and Lewis; born June 6, 1961) is an American animal rights activist and CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary. Disappearance of Don Lewis and Carole Baskin are tiger King.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Cosmopolitan (magazine)

Cosmopolitan (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine.

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Credit card

A credit card is a payment card, usually issued by a bank, allowing its users to purchase goods or services or withdraw cash on credit.

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Dade City, Florida

Dade City is a city in and the county seat of Pasco County, Florida, United States.

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Divorce

Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.

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Dodge Ram Van

The Dodge Ram Van (also known as the Dodge B-series) is a range of full-size vans that were produced by Chrysler Corporation from the 1971 to 2003 model years.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation.

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Dumpster diving

Dumpster diving (also totting, skipping, skip diving or skip salvage) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers for unused items discarded by their owners but deemed useful to the picker.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Genetic testing

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.

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Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park

The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, alternatively known as the G.W. Zoo, Tiger King Park and formerly the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park, was an animal park displaying predominantly tigers and other big cats in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States. Disappearance of Don Lewis and Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park are tiger King.

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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Hillsborough County, Florida and is responsible for law enforcement services for the of unincorporated areas of the county as well as operation of the two jail facilities and a work release center, and provides courthouse security for the 13th Judicial Circuit.

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Internet meme

An Internet meme, or simply meme, is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms.

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Joe Exotic

Joseph Allen Maldonado (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), known professionally as Joe Exotic and nicknamed "The Tiger King", is an American media personality and businessman who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (also known as the G.W. Zoo, Tiger King Park and formerly the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, from 1999 to 2018. Disappearance of Don Lewis and Joe Exotic are tiger King.

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KIRO-TV

KIRO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo.

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Legal death

Legal death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive.

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Lists of people who disappeared

Lists of people who disappeared include those whose current whereabouts are unknown, or whose deaths are unsubstantiated: Many people who disappear are eventually declared dead ''in absentia''.

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Meat grinder

A meat grinder (also called a "meat mincer" in the UK) is a kitchen appliance for mincing (fine chopping) and/or mixing of raw or cooked meat, fish, vegetables or similar food.

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Menstruation

Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina.

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Metro (British newspaper)

Metro is the United Kingdom's highest-circulation freesheet tabloid newspaper.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Missing person

A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown.

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Music video

A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes.

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Netflix

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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Ocelot

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oxygen (TV channel)

Oxygen (branded on air as Oxygen True Crime) is an American television network owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division and business segment of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.

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Polygraph

A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a junk science device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked and answers a series of questions.

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Presumption of death

A presumption of death occurs when a person is believed to be dead, despite the absence of direct proof of the person's death, such as the finding of remains (e.g., a corpse or skeleton) attributable to that person.

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Private pilot licence

A private pilot licence (PPL) or private pilot certificate is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft privately (not for remuneration).

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Restraining order

A restraining order or protective order, is an order used by a court to protect a person in a situation often involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.

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Septic tank

A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for basic sewage treatment.

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Sexual addiction

Sexual addiction is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences.

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SHE Media (formerly known as SheKnows Media) is an American digital media company.

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Snopes

Snopes, formerly known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a fact-checking website.

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Spin (propaganda)

In public relations and politics, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through knowingly providing a biased interpretation of an event or campaigning to influence public opinion about some organization or public figure.

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Spring Hill, Florida

Spring Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hernando County, Florida, United States.

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Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times, called the St.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.

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The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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This Morning (TV programme)

This Morning is a British daytime magazine programme that is broadcast on ITV.

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Tiger King

Tiger King (subtitled in marketing as Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness for its first season, Tiger King 2 for its second season and Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story for its third season) is an American true crime documentary television series about the life of former zookeeper and convicted felon Joe Exotic.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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