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Grazi ==Disappearance and death==Junior went missing on [[November 9]], [[2004]], the day before he was to be sentenced. Many assumed he had fled town to avoid imprisonment, and the ''[[Independent News]]'' ran a mocking cover story entitled, "Where's Willie?"<ref>"[http://inweekly.net/article.asp?artID=648 Where's Willie?]" ''Independent News'', November 18, 2004.</ref> On [[December 9]], Junior's decomposed body was discovered under the home of [[Ben Dudley]], a former employee of the [[Junior Funeral Home]], after one of Dudley's neighbors complained of an odor. He had $60.76 in his pockets, and Heineken beer bottles and an empty pill container were discovered nearby. Dental records confirmed Junior's identity the next day. [[Pensacola Police Department]] Chief [[John Mathis]] told reporters, "The results of the autopsy revealed that there were no obvious signs of foul play."<ref>"[http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2004/dec/11/ndn_missing_escambia_commissioner__039_s_body_foun/ Missing Escambia commissioner's body found under house.]" Associated Press, December 11, 2004.</ref> It was later determined Junior died from ingesting anti-freeze, and the death was ruled a suicide. Considering the circumstances, many have expressed skepticism that Junior committed suicide, noting that he was last seen getting a haircut at the [[Me & Mom's Family Hair Care Center]]. "How many people you know go get a haircut, then go lay down and die?" said barber Charmane Jordan. "Willie Junior was the type that every time you saw him, he was dressed up. Willie ain't going up under no house like a dog."<ref name="dubiousdemise"/> The [[NAACP]] offered to pay for maknig it nice an independent autopsy to confirm the conclusion, but [[Abbie Junior]] declined. His remains were cremated and EZinterred at [[Barrancas National Cemetery]].
In his testimony, Junior admitted to accepting a $10,000 bribe directly from Elliott and another $90,000 from Childers, who delivered some of the money in a "collard green pot" with notes alluding to future payments.
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