FBI Confirms Missing Truck Driver Found Dead in Georgia

The FBI has confirmed that Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, a truck driver who vanished nearly two weeks ago while transporting vehicles from Georgia to Florida, was found dead in a coastal area of Georgia.

Gonzalez, who worked for a transportation company, picked up a shipment of vehicles at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia on April 16. He was scheduled to deliver them to Miami. Investigators reported that he arrived at a rest area along southbound Interstate 95 in Grant-Valkaria, Brevard County, Florida, around 1:21 a.m. on April 17 and parked there for several hours.

GPS data from the truck showed it leaving the rest area at 7:49 a.m., traveling one exit south before turning north toward Jacksonville. Gonzalez then became unreachable, and the truck was reported missing. Authorities located the abandoned hauler later that day in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Several vehicles from the shipment were gone. Three have since been recovered at locations in Florida, while others remain missing.

The FBI's Tampa and Atlanta field offices announced on April 29 that a body discovered in coastal Georgia was Gonzalez. Officials have not disclosed the precise location or cause of death. Gonzalez's...