Police Probe Death As Homicide After Missing PA Man Found Dead

A Pennsylvania man’s death is being investigated as a homicide after he was found dead six days after he went missing, state police say.

Edgardo Bermudez Melendez's 2014 blue Mazda 3 with PA license plate LWC276 and Holtwood Road/Route 372 in the area on the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township where he was found dead.
Photo Credit: *Twitter/Trooper Kochka @PSPTroopJPIO (overlay); Google Maps (Street View)*

Jillian Pikora

03/21/2022 4:31 p.m.

Edgardo Bermudez Melendez, 31, of West York, was found dead on Holtwood Road/Route 372 in the area on the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township on Saturday, Mar. 19 around 8:15 a.m., Pennsylvania state police Troop Kevin Kochka stated in the release.

Melendez was reported missing on Mar.14 after last being seen on the evening of Mar. 13, Kochka says.

His vehicle, 2014 blue Mazda 3 with PA license plate LWC2762, has not been found, police say.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact PSP-Lancaster at 717-299-7650 and request to speak with a member of the Criminal Investigation Unit.

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