Suspect Arrested Following Investigation Into Burned Body Found Near Miami Train Tracks

Foreign News: Police authorities says they are investigating a man after a body was found badly burned in Miami.

The Police said the man who committed the crime tried to cover it up. The suspect allegedly backed up a U-Haul truck and dumped the woman’s body next to train tracks before setting it on fire, according to authorities.

Investigators learned that the woman was strangled to death before she was brought to the tracks.

Police have since arrested 57-year-old Allen Thomas for the crimes.

Mugshot for 57-year-old Allen Thomas. Mugshot for 57-year-old Allen Thomas. (Miami-Dade County Corrections) According to his arrest report, through surveillance cameras, investigators witnessed Thomas backing the truck up near train tracks across from Northeast 73rd Street and Second Avenue, just after 5 a.m. Sunday.

Detectives said that’s when he was spotted getting out of the driver’s seat and walking to the back of the truck. Shortly after, flames began coming from the rear of the vehicle. Seconds later, police said he drove away.

On Monday, detectives found Thomas and that U-Haul truck at his apartment on Northwest 60th Street and 12th Avenue.