Man killed girlfriend and drove around with her body, Miami-Dade cops say

A man killed his girlfriend and drove around with her dead body inside a car before turning himself in at a Miami-Dade police station, according to investigators.

Alexander Roque pulled up to Florida City’s City Hall on Saturday night and surrendered to police — who found the woman’s corpse in the vehicle. The police station is in the City Hall complex.

At around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the City Hall parking lot, where they located a white Hyundai Tucson, according to an arrest report. In the front passenger seat was the woman’s body; the firearm used to shoot her to death was on the driver’s side floor.

When contacted by police, the victim’s estranged husband said Roque called him and admitted to shooting and killing the woman, the report states. Roque sent him a photo of the body inside the bloody vehicle.

They also spoke on a WhatsApp video call, which the estranged husband recorded and provided to detectives, the report says.

A cousin of Roque’s also told investigators that Roque sent him a photo of the body via WhatsApp after admitting to gunning down the woman while driving around the Florida City area, according to the report. The cousin had called 911 to report the woman’s death.

Miami-Dade police said they couldn’t confirm what led to the woman’s death. The department handles murder investigations in Florida City. Police have not identified the woman.

Roque, 48, was booked shortly after 9:45 a.m. Sunday into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he remained Monday, jail records show. He’s facing a second-degree murder charge.

Anyone with information about the killing should contact MiamiDade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.