A report of a suspicious person behind a Fort Pierce truck stop led to a homicide investigation and the arrest of a 41-year-old man in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man.
St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call about a suspicious person behind the Pilot Truck Stop on South Rock Road on Jan. 15. Deputies found Olson Jean, 41, of Pompano Beach, near a semi-truck that had left the roadway and entered a ditch after attempting to turn around.
Murder suspect arrested at truck stop in St. Lucie County
Deputies observed blood inside the cab near the passenger-side door and on the truck’s exterior. Jean was initially arrested on a charge of resisting an officer without violence and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail.
Detective corporals with the SLCSO Criminal Investigations Division later developed the case into a homicide probe. On Jan. 17, investigators arrested Jean on additional charges, including first-degree murder with a firearm and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Wendy Moncion, 32, of Coconut Creek…