A man's body was found in the trunk of a vehicle in Martin County Friday evening following a high-speed chase in Palm Beach County.
The spokeswoman for Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Teri Barbera, said someone called 911 shortly after 9 p.m. claiming to have witnessed a shooting, according to a report from NBC affiliate WPTV.
The witness told the PBSO dispatcher that the shooter and his accomplice tried to drag the victim's body into a canal near Lake Worth, but later updated deputies that the pair were loading the victim's body into a gray Ford F-150 pickup truck.
Both suspects fled the scene before deputies could arrive, Barbera told WPTV.
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The pickup truck was later found by deputies at Sixth Avenue and Congress Avenue where they discovered the victim's body in the rear bed area, Barbera said.
A pursuit ensued until Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies stopped the vehicle.
Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told WPTV the suspects were traveling at possibly 100 mph or more.
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Both suspects -- a man and a woman -- were taken into custody.
