MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade police confirmed Tuesday that they are conducting a death investigation in northwest Miami-Dade.
Police were searching for clues after the body of a man was found in a silver SUV early Tuesday morning in the 2800 block of Northwest 37th Avenue, authorities said.
Miami-Dade Police Detective Andre Martin said during a press conference Tuesday that the identity of the victim, who police said could be a man in his early 40s, was pending.
Miami-Dade police said they were alerted of the incident by officers with the Doral Police Department.
“Those officers received a call to assist from Doral police who said they heard from concerned family members who had not heard from a loved one for a few hours,” Miami-Dade police detective Andre Martin said. “Officers located the vehicle that was abandoned and discovered a dead person in the vehicle.”
Investigators said they are not ruling out the possibility that the discovery is related to a home invasion that occurred near Northwest 64th Street and 102nd Avenue in Doral.
“There’s reason to believe that this person’s death was due to the actions of another person. Various locations are being looked at as possibly being involved before the victim came to a final resting place,” Martin added.
Sky 10 was above the scene just before 1:30 p.m. as a crime scene truck was parked next to the silver car where the body was found as Miami-Dade homicide detectives continued to investigate the area.
Investigators said the man’s cause of death has not yet been determined and it was not known if foul play was immediately suspected.
Detectives also said the silver SUV is expected to be towed to a medical examiner’s office for further investigation.
Anyone with information was asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.