Alleged Corrupt Cop's Wife Dies in Canal Crash

Jamie Villaronga was the daughter of Homestead's former city manager and married to a former cop accused of fraud

Miami-Dade Police are investigating a one-car crash that claimed the life of a woman early Wednesday morning in Palmetto Bay.

Jamie Ivy Villaronga, 39, died on the scene after her car crashed through the guard rail on Southwest 173rd Street and Old Cutler Road. Rescue crews were able to pull the woman from the car, but she had already been in the water for too long.

Villaronga is the wife of former Homestead Police Major Joseph Villaronga, who was investigated for participating in an overtime scam in 2007. The longtime cop abruptly ended his time on the force when he took early retirement in 2008 while still under investigation

Villaronga is also the daughter of former Homestead City Manager Curt Ivy.

It's unclear what caused the woman to careen into the canal.

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