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Apparent fatal hit-and-run discovered near GlenRiddle

(Nov. 17, 2016) Few new details have emerged since police announced last Friday that an unidentified body had been found on the Route 50 roadside near GlenRiddle.
Maryland State Police Lt. Earl Starner said on Monday that’s because officials have had difficulty notifying the next of kin because that person or persons “is likely in another country.”
“Obviously, we would hope to release a name at some point, but there’s a notification issue,” he said.
Starner said there were no suspects in the case and that “multiple units within the state police” were taking part in the investigation. That includes state police CRASH, the criminal enforcement division and the Berlin Barrack, he said.
At about noon on Friday, police received a 911 call from a motorist who thought he had spotted a dead deer near a ditch that, upon further investigation, he realized was a body.
The man apparently spoke with state police at the Berlin Barrack, and troopers arrived to find the victim “deceased … in a grassy ravine between Maryland Route 707 and Route 50 in Worcester County” according to a state police press release issued on Friday.
The release went on to stay a preliminary investigation suggested the victim was involved in a fatal hit and run “due to the physical evidence and debris left at the scene.”
Police are asking that anyone with information related to the case contact the Berlin Barrack at 410-641-3101.
The Lower Eastern Shore Crime Solvers are offering up to $1,000 for any information leading to an arrest for the person responsible. For more information, call 410-548-1776.
“We’re asking for anyone who knows [anything] to please call us, and there is a reward through Crime Solvers that’s been offered,” Starner said. “As it stands, the investigation is continuing. I’m not releasing any other information.”