GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A north Florida attorney facing charges of attempted sexual assault on a child was found dead in a canoe from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Alachua County deputies say.
According to the Gainesville Sun, the body of Assistant County Attorney Robert Livingston was found Tuesday, in Newnan's Lake near Gainesville.
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The Alachua County Sheriff's Office says deputies went to the lake to search for Livingston - after he rented a canoe and failed to return to a fish camp.
Livingston was arrested last week on two counts of attempted sexual battery on a child, and one count of child abuse. He was released from jail on a $50,000 bond.