STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL FOUND INSIDE A VEHICLE IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

(Beltsville, MD) - Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an individual whose body was found inside a vehicle in Prince George’s County early this morning.

The deceased victim is identified as Kevin Lee Francis, 36, of the 9000 block of Rolling View Drive in Lanham, Maryland. Francis was found lying down in the back seat of a Volkswagon Passat in the parking lot of the Motor Vehicle Administration in Beltsville. There were no obvious signs of trauma discovered on the body which has been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.

Shortly before 8:30 a.m. this morning, a Maryland State Trooper, working an assignment at the Motor Vehicle Administration, was confronted by a witness. The witness told police he believed something was wrong with his friend, Francis, who was in a car in the parking lot. The trooper immediately responded to the vehicle and determined Francis was deceased.

Troopers from the College Park Barrack and investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit have responded and will be conducting the investigation. Crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic Sciences Division processed the scene for evidence.

The investigation continues…