Florida man charged with the murder of woman whose body was found on I-95 this December

On the evening of December 13, U.S. Marshals arrested a Pembroke Pines, Florida, man in Georgia, after Broward County deputies accused him of killing a woman found dead along Interstate 95 in early December, according to a statement released last night by detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit and shared by Local 10 News.

Authorities arrested Christopher Patterson Jr., 36, in Walton County, Georgia on a first-degree murder charge, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Walton County is located in north central Georgia, east of Atlanta.

BSO spokesperson Gerdy St. Louis said a Road Ranger initially located the woman’s body near Oakland Park Boulevard just after midnight on Dec. 1.

Background:  Around 12:16 a.m. on Thursday, December 1, Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputies along with Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded to a call on I-95 near Oakland Park Boulevard regarding a body found lying next to a vehicle. Emergency crews met with Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers while on scene. Investigators also made contact with a Florida Department of Transportation Road Ranger who found the victim while conducting routine patrol along the interstate.

The victim, identified as an adult female, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Her body was transported to the Broward County Medical Examiner’s (ME) Office for an autopsy.

At the request of FHP, BSO’s Homicide Unit began investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident. Through their investigation, detectives linked Pembroke Pines resident Christopher Patterson Jr. to the murder, and a warrant was issued for his arrest’

On the evening of Tuesday, December 13, Patterson was located and taken into custody in Georgia by the U.S. Marshals Office, who worked in collaboration with units from Walton County Sheriff’s Office and Monroe Police Department. Patterson Jr. is expected to be extradited to Broward County to face one count of murder in the first degree.

Deputies did not say how the woman was killed, nor did they release a motive for her killing, but said they had evidence linking Patterson to her murder.  The agency is withholding the victim’s name under Marsy’s Law.  ~ Local 10 News

(Source: BSO)

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