Man charged with murder in connection with death of woman thrown from vehicle in Daytona
Daytona Beach police have charged a man connected with the death of a woman who died after being thrown out of a vehicle Tuesday afternoon with second-degree murder, according to court records.
The incident began when police were searching the area of Madison Avenue and Seagrave and North streets for Julio Angel Rivera, 45, of Daytona Beach, concerning the theft of a motorcycle.
On Tuesday, while police searched an area near Madison Avenue, Segrave and North streets, they made contact with the victim. She provided police with information and called Rivera to the search area.
While waiting, police watched as she got into a white GMC truck with six occupants. When police approached the vehicle, it fled.
As the truck sped away, the woman was "thrown from the moving vehicle" in the 600 block of Madison Avenue, police said. An officer tried to revive the unconscious woman. She was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center where she died.
Later in the afternoon, police spotted the suspects, who abandoned the truck at Fifth Street and Coquina Drive. The suspects fled and in a search that lasted until just before midnight, Rivera was located and arrested, police said.
He was charged with grand theft auto.
Wednesday night, court records also showed that Rivera was charged with second-degree murder and is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail without bond.
According to jail records, other charges included failure to obey a law enforcement officer's command, driving with a suspended license, resisting an officer without violence and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
Rivera has been in trouble in the past. He spent two years in prison for charges including felony battery, possession of a controlled substance, false imprisonment, and possession of ecstasy. He was released in September 2022.
Daytona Beach police ask anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Daytona Beach Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division at 386-671-5202.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Man charged with murder in death of woman thrown from pickup truck
