David Powers , the Twin Cities man who disappeared earlier this week during his criminal trial for rape, kidnapping and domestic assault charges , has died in Texas after jumping off a bridge and onto a highway, where he attempted to carjack a driver before being detained and hospitalized, authorities say.
Police in San Antonio confirmed Powers’ death on Friday.
The department said a man, later identified as Powers, jumped off a bridge on Jones Maltsberger Road and landed on Highway Loop 410. A Good Samaritan stopped to try to help him, at which point he allegedly pulled the driver out of the vehicle and attacked them…