Man found dead in Indiana ditch identified as Venezuelan national who lived in Oregon
Police on Wednesday revealed a man whose body was discovered in a ditch in Northwest Indiana was thousands of miles from home.
Police said just before 9:30 a.m. this past Friday, a cleanup crew was working on I-65 near Crown Point. While working along the ramp from U.S. 231 to southbound I-65, they found the body lying in the ditch.
The man found dead has now been identified as Daniel Ramos-Rivas, 23, a Venezuelan national whose last known residence was in Tillamook County, Oregon, along the Pacific coastline west of Portland.
Indiana State Police said Ramos-Riva's death was a homicide, and two people have been arrested in Seattle by the FBI as suspects. So far, these two people have not been charged.
Investigators were searching for Ramos-Rivas' family. The Lake Couty Coroner's Office said on Thursday they were located.