Death investigation underway after body found inside towed vehicle in Virginia

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A death investigation is underway after a missing man’s body was found on the backseat floor of a vehicle inside a tow lot.

On Nov. 3, a private tow company for PS Business Park in Woodbridge had towed a vehicle from the parking lot before it was eventually transferred to a tow lot in Fairfax County.

It took more than two weeks before employees at the Fairfax County tow lot found a body inside the vehicle in the back seat floorboard area. On Nov. 18, Fairfax County police responded.

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Preliminary information suggests that the body belonged to the owner of the car, a 49-year-old man, who had been reported missing in Prince William County on Nov. 1…

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