On Friday, a federal criminal affidavit tied Michael Wachholtz and Jason Galehouse together in death.

But the two men led different lives.

Wachholtz loved skydiving, lasagna and techno music. He drank Corona and smoked Camels.

He left small-town Missouri and eventually found the lights of Tampa appealing. He waited tables at Bahama Breeze and blew his tips on drinks at the Blue Martini at International Plaza and Prana in Ybor City.

He played video games and cooked lasagna and Caribbean dishes. He shopped for groceries at Albertsons.

He told friends he had a rocky relationship with his mother, but they were patching things up.

He commented on girls, but kept his sexual preferences mostly private. He spent a lot of time in his room and in front of the mirror.

He met men on the Internet.

He wanted to be out on his own. He wanted to be a lawyer. He respected his roommate because he was stable. He trusted people.

His friends saw him last Dec. 20, 2003. His body was found Jan. 6, 2004, wrapped in a bedsheet and stuffed in the back of his 1992 Jeep Cherokee at the Camden Bay Pointe apartments in Town 'N Country. The Jeep had been parked there at least a week.

Galehouse loved daytime soaps, penne pasta and club music. He drank pinot grigio and cosmopolitans.

He redesigned his bedroom in Sarasota, wore Diesel jeans and loved creme brulee and good cheesecake. He was an only child who graduated from Sarasota High School in 1996. He had a knack for arranging delicate flowers, and went from sweeping floors to making arrangements at Beneva Flowers and Gifts.

When he went out, he wore all designers. He had blue eyes.

He was part of a gay bowling league in Sarasota called A League of Our Own.

He had a beautiful voice and sang karaoke, mostly Celine Dion. His mother cries when she hears it.

He moved to Tampa and enrolled at Hillsborough Community College to pursue a degree in interior design.

He was last seen Dec. 20, 2003, wearing a red sweater and silver ring, leaving a bar with two men. He didn't call his mother at Christmas. His friends in the bowling league raised $268 to help with the search. His body has not been found.

Details for this article came from interviews with Wachholtz's roommate Fred Van Den Abbeel, Galehouse's friend Tyler Hall, police reports and Tampa Tribune archives.