A homicide investigation is underway after a body was found on Interstate-595 in Davie early Friday.
A man was found dead around 1:30 a.m. on the eastbound shoulder of the interstate near Hiatus Road, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Helicopter video taken by WSVN shows evidence markers scattered around the body.
Investigators are treating the death as a homicide. The sheriff’s office has not said how he died.
Anyone who has video that shows what happened on the interstate or saw something suspicious on the eastbound lanes of I-595 between Hiatus Road and Nob Hill Road between 10 p.m. Thursday and 1:30 a.m. Friday is asked to call BSO Homicide Detective Wilson De Jesus at 954-321-4289.
You can also call Broward County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or report a tip online at browardcrimestoppers.org.
This article will be updated.
This story was originally published October 8, 2021 at 11:04 AM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
