Scott Schweickert is in jail on charges related to the deaths; Steven Lorenzo is in custody, too, charged with drugging and sexually assaulting seven men. Neither man has been charged with the slayings.

The 32-page affidavit, filed in federal court Friday, details the disappearance and deaths of Michael Wachholtz, of Tampa, and Jason Galehouse, of Sarasota, both 26.

Wachholtz's body was found weeks after he disappeared. Galehouse's body, which has not been found, was dismembered and placed in trash bins throughout the city, the affidavit states.

Schweickert, 39, said Lorenzo killed the two men in his Seminole Heights home, according to the affidavit. Lorenzo, 46, was indicted in November on federal drug charges. Six men reported taking drinks from Lorenzo, then waking naked and injured. A seventh man came forward later.

While searching Lorenzo's home, investigators found an envelope containing newspaper articles about Galehouse, Wachholtz and ``other missing or dead individuals,'' the affidavit states. Detectives are investigating whether there are more victims.

Schweickert Says Sleeper Hold Killed 1

Schweickert told investigators that on Dec. 20, 2003, he and Lorenzo picked up Galehouse in the 2606 North Armenia Lounge, a Tampa gay bar. When they took him to Lorenzo's house, he agreed to sex but said he wasn't interested in bondage, according to the affidavit.

Schweickert went to the bathroom. When he returned, he found Lorenzo and Galehouse struggling.

As Galehouse tried to break free, Lorenzo asked Schweickert to hold Galehouse's lower body. Lorenzo held Galehouse in a ``sleeper hold'' until he became unconscious, the affidavit states.

When Galehouse did not wake up after 10 minutes, they realized he was dead.

Schweickert told investigators he was worried that he might be implicated in the death and was scared of Lorenzo, so he helped dismember Galehouse's body and place the parts in bags. Then they drove through Tampa, dropping the bags in various trash bins, the document states.

The next night, the two men returned to the bar.

Schweickert said he thought they were going out for beers. Soon, he said, Lorenzo introduced him to Wachholtz and they headed back to Lorenzo's home.

There, Lorenzo drugged Wachholtz, Schweickert told investigators. Schweickert said he went to the bathroom for several minutes. When he came back, Wachholtz was screaming and struggling with Lorenzo, the affidavit states.

Lorenzo held an ether- soaked rag to Wachholtz's face until he passed out, the affidavit states. Wachholtz awoke a few minutes later, and Lorenzo lay on top of him, trying again to use the ether. Soon, Wachholtzwent limp and died.

Schweickert told investigators he and Lorenzo wrapped the body in a sheet and placed it in Wachholtz's Jeep Cherokee. The Jeep and body were discovered Jan. 6, 2004.

Schweickert, of Peru, Ill., and Orlando, was charged on Thursday with being an accessory after a violent crime facilitated by drugs. He is being held without bail.

Investigators with Tampa police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the state attorney's office pieced together the case from interviews, several searches of Lorenzo's home and, most recently, deleted information from Lorenzo's computer.

The computer, confiscated on June 2, contained more than 800 instant message conversations, including conversations with Schweickert, the affidavit states.

In several of the messages, Lorenzo and Schweickert discuss their status as ``dominants'' and their desires to force men into submission.

``So how do you get them to submit to the bondage?'' Schweickert asks. ``Drug them? Kidnapping scenes are always the best.''

Lorenzo responds: ``YES, YES, YES! All of the above.''

In separate interviews with investigators, both Schweickert and Lorenzo said the messages were fantasies.

On April 13, investigators recovered information deleted from Lorenzo's hard drive, the affidavit states. They found 19 digital pictures of Wachholtz's body in Lorenzo's home, positioned in several ways for photographing, the affidavit states.

In subsequent interviews with investigators, Schweickert said Galehouse's blood spilled in Lorenzo's garage, and then he disclosed where the body parts were dumped.

Police have recovered blood from the garage floor. Tests are pending.

Lorenzo `Is A Great Guy,' Neighbor Says

Donald Harrison, Lorenzo's attorney, said his client has spoken to investigators and denied meeting Wachholtz and Galehouse. Investigators showed Lorenzo the photographs of Wachholtz, and he maintained his innocence.

``It appears to be his house, but he can't explain who this individual is in his house,'' Harrison said.

Residents of Lorenzo's neighborhood remembered a markedly different man from the one described in the affidavit.

He was on the emergency call list for many of his neighbors' alarm systems and had spare keys to many of their Powhatan Avenue homes.

Lorenzo, a self-employed home inspector, was charming, they said, his Southern hospitality offering no clue that he was a New Yorker. He was described as gregarious, upstanding and outgoing by neighbors who have known him since he moved to Seminole Heights in the 1990s.

Friends and neighbors said they were shocked by the recent developments.

Jack Luper, who was working on his driveway across from Lorenzo's home Friday, said he was flabbergasted.

``He is a great guy,'' he said. ``This is a shocker. I can't believe it. This is not looking good.''

Doug Ridge, 25, said Lorenzo helped neighbors with home repairs.

``He is not a scary person,'' Ridge said. ``This guy loves animals. ... He was the perfect neighbor.''

Tyler Hall, 29, and Eric Bunch, 32, friends of Galehouse, said they do not want to believe their friend is dead, but they have little hope that he is alive.

``I really don't know what to believe and what to think,'' Hall said. ``I believe in God and I believe in miracles. I want to believe this isn't true until we see the DNA.''

Hall said Galehouse's mother, Pam Williams, did not want to discuss the investigators' findings.

``Pam wants everyone to know she appreciates the support of the communities, Tampa and Sarasota, the e-mails, the information and the leads,'' he said. ``Whoever is responsible for the disappearance of her son, she is 100 percent, she is 100 percent ...''

Hall couldn't continue.

``She is 100 percent for the death penalty,'' Bunch said, finishing Hall's thought.

Reporter Chris Echegaray contributed to this report. Reporter Thomas W. Krause can be reached at (813) 259-7698.