By Erika Hernandez
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed this Wednesday that A body found on the coast of Georgia corresponds to Alejandro Jacomino González, the 41-year-old Hispanic truck driver who had been reported missing in a possible kidnapping.
The authorities did not specify the exact place or date the body was located. The FBI divisions in Tampa and Atlanta are leading the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the death.
Disappearance en route and suspicious circumstances
González was last seen alive in the early morning of April 17 at a rest area on southbound I-95 in Brevard County, Florida.
According to the FBI, the driver—who had a CDL commercial license—had picked up several vehicles on April 16 at the port of Brunswick, Georgia, with their final destination in Miami.
Records indicate he arrived at a truck stop in Grant-Valkaria around 1:21 a.m., where he remained for several hours. Later, at 7:49 a.m., the truck took a southbound exit and then turned north. Shortly after, all contact with the driver was lost.
That same day, The truck was located in Port Wentworth, Georgia, without Gonzalez on board. In addition, several vehicles he was transporting had disappeared, leading authorities to classify the case as “suspicious.”
Recovered vehicles and open lines of investigation
The FBI reported that three of the vehicles that had been stolen from the truck They have already been recovered in Florida, although no additional details have been offered about possible perpetrators.
The authorities are keeping several lines of investigation open and requesting the public’s collaboration. Anyone with information can contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit information through official channels.
Keep reading:
• Trump approves citizen’s proposal to change the acronym “ICE” to “NICE”
• Operations to detain immigrants focus on Latinos without criminal records, report reveals
• More and more Americans reject ICE operations to detain immigrants
