Body found in bed of pickup truck after Roseville crash; photos of driver who fled released

Roseville crash investigation leads to discovery of body in truck bed

When police checked a pickup truck after a minor crash in Roseville, they found a body in the bed. Police said the driver fled after rear-ending another driver.

ROSEVILLE, Mich. (FOX 2) - UPDATE (6:30 p.m.): Roseville police have released photos of the missing driver who fled the scene of a fender-bender earlier Thursday. Inside the bed of his pickup truck was a body.

If anyone has any information as to this subject's identity, please contact the Roseville Police Department at 586-447-4484. The original story begins under the photos.

Photos of the missing driver from the pickup truck that was found with a body inside after a crash.

Police found a body in the bed of a pickup truck after the driver hit another vehicle Thursday afternoon in Roseville.

"Pretty troubling to see," said Roseville Police Deputy Chief Robert Gudenau.

The driver fled the scene after the minor rear-end crash on Common and Hayes, near the Warren border. That's when the body was found, police said.

"They checked the pickup truck for information. When they opened the bed of the pickup truck they found a deceased person," Chief Ryan Monroe said. "We believe it was just a regular rear-end traffic crash. We don't believe at this time that the deceased has anything to do with the accident. We think the body was already in the back of the truck."

Monroe said police think they know who the driver was, but they are still searching for him.

Investigators are working to figure out how the victim in the truck bed died and how they ended up there.