Miami police say they found car that was involved in hit-and-run death of teen girl

Miami police were waiting on a warrant Tuesday to search a car that they say struck and killed a teenager who was jogging Saturday morning. Police also detained and were questioning a man who they say was involved in the incident, a law-enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.

The gray vehicle, which had damage that police say was consistent with the crash that killed 16year-old Dayana “Dianai” Gomez, the source said, was found on Belle Meade

Island, a small L-shaped spit of mostly residential land just south of the 79th Street Causeway and along Biscayne Bay.

There was a large police presence on the island as television-station helicopters hovered.

“The damage matches up,” said the source. “It’s very likely going to be it.

We’re just waiting on a search warrant to get DNA and we’ll bring the guy in for questioning.”

Publicly, police had not released any updated information Tuesday on the investigation into the girl’s death.

Family members found Dayana’s body near some brush on the north side of the 79th Street Causeway near Pelican Harbor Marina just before 6 p.m. Sunday. Near her body were shoes and her cellphone, indicating to police that she had been hit by a vehicle. A caller to Miami police also said someone had been hit by a gray car Saturday morning in the same area, but police didn’t immediately locate the body.

Dayana, who lived in Miami’s Upper East Side, had gone out for a jog Saturday morning. By evening, when she hadn’t returned, her family contacted police. Distraught family members went on Facebook Live to try to get the public’s help, and a GoFundMe page was set up.