State Police Investigating Interstate Homicide in Conway

CONWAY, Ark. (KTHV) — State police want to hear from anyone who was passing through Conway along Interstate 40 early Sunday morning.

What may have appeared to motorists as a drunk driver or a wrecked pick-up truck is now part of a homicide investigation.

State Troopers were dispatched shortly after 5 a.m. to a stretch of I-40 westbound at the 129 mile marker near Dave Ward Drive. A caller reported what appeared to be a drunk driver in the area, followed by a call of a wrecked black Nissan pick-up truck.

The first State Trooper on the scene found the driver of the truck. Jose Martinez, 31, of Conway was transported by ambulance from the scene and later pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are continuing their investigation. Martinez’s body has been transported to the State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.

Anyone with information about what they saw on the Interstate or if they know anything about the homicide can call (501) 618-8100.