The 55-year-old victim was found the following day (via toofab)
The victim, later identified as Joseph Boever, had crashed his truck earlier on Saturday,According to relatives, he was walking near the roadside toward's his crippled vehicle, when he was run over.
In a statement of his own the AG said he was"shocked and filled with sorrow" over the incident, but did not get into the details. His office said he thought he'd hit a deer and immediately called 911; they insisted he had not been drinking before the crash. The DPS statement did not mention the cause of the crash, if speeding was a factor or if charges are pending.
He said the family were frustrated and suspicious it took almost a day to identify his cousin as the victim. "I don't know if cousin Joe was laying on the highway for 22 hours or if they had bagged him up before that," his cousin said.
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