Maryland Police Searching For Hit-and-Run Driver Who Drove With Body On Windshield For 2 Miles
Maryland police are searching for a driver they said hit a man with a car, then dumped his body on the side of the road. After being called to conduct a welfare check near a neighborhood in Hyattsville at about 4:05 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, officers discovered a man lying by the side of the road, according to an Oct. 23 Prince George’s County Police Department news release. The man, identified as Franklin Membreno Mendez, was confirmed dead at the scene “suffering from trauma,” police said. Mendez was “involved in an unrelated, minor collision” earlier that night about 2 miles away, investigators said. The 28-year-old stepped out of the car, according to investigators, which is when another car crashed into him and he “became lodged in that car’s windshield.” The driver traveled those 2 miles and dumped Mendez’s body near a road, then fled, police said. Doorbell footage from neighbors was shared with WUSA 9, showing the moments a car pulled up where Mendez’s body was later found. The neighbor who filmed the car told WUSA 9 she had found Mendez’s body and reported it to police.
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