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The man who was found dead yesterday at a boat ramp near Weston has been identified as Edward Brown, 40, from Homestead. His death has been ruled a homicide.
Brown’s friends and family became worried after he failed to show up for a Sunday barbecue. An officer with Broward County’s Fish and Wildlife Commission reported the discovery of Brown’s body yesterday, according to the BSO release. Investigators are asking the public for tips. Full text of the release after the jump.
A family picnic in Miami-Dade County was suddenly filled with
trepidation after the designated cook of the family failed to show up
for the festivity Sunday morning. Hours later, a Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission officer in Broward County stumbled upon a crime
scene while patrolling a boat ramp that would confirm that family’s
greatest fear.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call at 5:12 p.m.
advising of the discovery of the body at the fishing boat ramp #2, on
U.S. 27, about a mile north of I-75. An FWC officer was patrolling the
boat ramp and thought it was unusual that a truck was parked on the far
end of the parking lot. Upon closer inspection, he noticed a man lying
still on the inside and immediately contacted BSO.
BSO deputies, Homicide detectives and Crime Scene responded to the
scene. They confirmed there was a man deceased inside a burgundy, 2006
Ford F-150 and had the vehicle towed to the Medical Examiner’s Office
where an autopsy was performed. The victim was positively identified as
40-year-old Edward Brown and the case has officially been ruled a
homicide.
BSO detectives believe someone left the truck at that location
between 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. The last FWC officer who
patrolled the boat ramp Saturday night does not remember seeing the
truck there. A fisherman at the boat ramp Sunday afternoon recalls the
truck being there at 3 p.m.
The victim’s burgundy truck has an extended cab, a hard cover over
the flatbed and has a PBA emblem on the license plate. The victim is
not in law enforcement.
Anyone who was in the area of the fishing boat ramp #2 and recalls
seeing anything unusual is asked to contact BSO Homicide Detective
Frank Ilarraza at 954-765-4321 or Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at
954-493-TIPS or browardcrimestoppers.org.
