Body Of Missing Uber Driver Found; 2 Suspects Arrested In Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, MD — A body believed to be an Uber driver reported missing from Charlotte, North Carolina, was found Thursday in South Carolina field, two days after his SUV was spotted in Annapolis. Authorities in North Carolina have charged two men with theft in the disappearance of the Uber driver who went missing Saturday night after his credit card was used and his vehicle found in Annapolis.

Additional charges are expected to be brought against the two who are still in custody in Maryland, police said.

Marlo Johnis Medina-Chevez, 44, left his home in Charlotte, Saturday night, May 20, around 9:45 p.m. to pick up a client, but never returned, his wife told police Sunday morning. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department statement said authorities believe the body of Medina-Chevez was discovered in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

In a hastily called press conference Thursday evening, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Major Cam Slevey said that information obtained during the week’s investigation lead officers with a K-9 unit to the area where they discovered the unburied body of a male fitting Medina-Chavez’s description.

“We do believe this to be the body of Mr. Medina-Chavez,” Slevey said. “We have spoken to his family to advise them of this update.”

Selvey said police did not yet know a cause of death.

“We were all hoping for the best, planning for the worst, and unfortunately we have come across the worst,” he said.

Medina-Chevez was driving a 2008 dark blue Nissan Pathfinder with North Carolina tag PDV-4382 when he left home Saturday night. By Monday, homicide detectives took over the search for Medina-Chevez, saying they believed he was in “grave danger.”

Detectives from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s homicide division traveled to Annapolis Monday, where police said they spotted Medina-Chevez’s vehicle on a license plate reader near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Annapolis police stopped the vehicle and detained four occupants, two of whom were later released, authorities said. The other two occupants — Diontray Divan Adams, 25, and James Aaron Stevens, 20 — are currently being interviewed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

Adams has been charged with financial credit card fraud and for warrants outstanding in Maryland. Stevens has been charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.

— Story By Charlotte Patch Editor Kimberly Johnson
Photos provided by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department