Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Workplace (BSO) Murder Unit introduced the arrest of a Pembroke Pines man needed in connection to the homicide of a lady discovered useless on Interstate 95 close to Oakland Park Boulevard earlier this month.
Based on experiences at round 12:16 a.m., Thursday, December 1, BSO deputies and Oakland Park Hearth Rescue responded to a name on Interstate 95 close to Oakland Park Boulevard relating to a physique discovered mendacity subsequent to a automobile. Emergency crews met with Florida Freeway Patrol (FHP) troopers whereas on scene. Investigators additionally made contact with a Florida Division of Transportation Highway Ranger who discovered the sufferer whereas conducting a routine patrol alongside the interstate.
The sufferer, recognized as an grownup feminine, was pronounced useless on on the scene by paramedics. Her physique was transported to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s (ME) Workplace for an post-mortem.
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On the request of FHP, BSO’s Murder Unit started investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. By way of their investigation, detectives linked Pembroke Pines resident Christopher Patterson Jr. to the homicide, and a warrant was issued for his arrest thereafter.
On the night of Tuesday, December 13, Patterson Jr. was positioned in Georgia and brought into custody by the U.S. Marshals Workplace, who labored in collaboration with models from Walton County Sheriff’s Workplace and Monroe Police Division. Patterson Jr. is predicted to be extradited to Broward County to face one rely of homicide within the first diploma.