CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man was caught on video reportedly dumping a woman’s body from a truck and running it over in Chesterfield Township.
That woman has been identified as Teresa Sanchez. Police found her lying in the road on Feb. 13 in the area of 24 Mile Road and Sass Road.
Officials said it was a homicide made to look like an accident. Now, 42-year-old John Galvan is facing several charges.
“This is an unfortunate domestic incident,” said Chesterfield police Chief Brian Bassett. “It’s an isolated incident. We don’t see any threat to the community as a whole.”
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Charges include reckless driving causing death, manslaughter with a motor vehicle, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death and driving with a suspended license.
Police took Galvan into custody without any issue.
“When we made contact with the suspect, there was not any resistance,” Bassett said. “Nothing like that.”
Initially, the suspicious death was believed to be a pedestrian accident, but that was soon revealed as part of an alleged cover-up.
“It’s still a tragedy, but I hope that we will be able to bring justice to the victim quickly,” Bassett said.
Galvan is currently at the Macomb County jail. He’s been given a bond of $500,000.
