Savannah, Georgia– The FBI is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body and semi-trailer were found in various areas of southeast Georgia hours after he was last seen alive at a Florida rest stop.
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, disappeared while en route to Miami with a load of vehicles he picked up April 16 at the Port of Brunswick on the Georgia coast, according to the FBI.
He was last seen at a rest stop along Interstate 95 in Brevard County, Florida, in the early morning hours of April 17. His tractor-trailer was found later that day about 320 miles (515 kilometers) away in Port Wentworth, Georgia, west of Savannah. The FBI said Gonzalez and several of the cars he was transporting were missing.
A body was discovered that day in coastal Glenn County, Georgia, about 80 miles (128 kilometers) south of where the semi-trailer was found. Tony Thomas, a spokesman for the FBI in Atlanta, said Thursday that investigators have confirmed it is Gonzalez’s body.
Thomas said he could not provide further details, citing the active investigation. No charges or arrests have been announced.
Gonzalez, a commercial truck driver, arrived at the Florida rest stop on April 17 at about 1:20 a.m., the FBI said when it posted a missing person’s bulletin for Gonzalez last Friday. He has completed more than half of his trip to Miami.
The trailer’s GPS showed it started moving again hours later, at about 7:50 a.m., the FBI said. The truck drove south a short distance on I-95, taking the first available exit. It then turned north, heading back towards Georgia.
Three of the vehicles missing from Gonzalez’s truck when it was located in Georgia were later found in Florida, but no other vehicles were found, the FBI said.