TROOPERS INVESTIGATING APPARENT HOMICIDE AFTER BODY FOUND OFF OF I-70

(Frederick, MD) Maryland State Police homicide investigators are investigating a body found inside a box off of a highway in Frederick County.

The victim can only be described as an adult at this time. No identification has been found. The body has been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy and to continue efforts to identify the victim.

The preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 9:45 a.m. today, a State Highway Administration maintenance crew was working roadside along westbound I-70, at mile marker 48 near Braddock Mountain, when they discovered a box. The box was barely visible off the shoulder of the highway in a wooded, roadside embankment. The contents of the box appeared to be that of a deceased human body. The workers immediately called state police.

Due to this being a possible homicide, members of the State Police Homicide Unit responded to conduct the investigation. They were assisted by sheriff’s deputies and state troopers from the Frederick County Bureau of Investigation, crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic Sciences Division and forensic experts from the Office of the State Medical Examiner.

At this time, the cause of death has not yet been determined. Investigators are awaiting autopsy results. It is unknown, at this time, how long the body has been in the wooded, roadside embankment.

Police are asking anyone with information that may be relevant to this case to please contact the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center at 301-600-4151.

This investigation is active and ongoing.