Body Found Near Silver Spring Bus Stop, Police Seek Tips

SILVER SPRING, MD — A Silver Spring man was found dead Tuesday near a bus stop and Montgomery County Police are asking for any information the public can share about the homicide.

On Thursday authorities said the victim was Edilberto Borja-Cardona, 19, who was found with trauma to the body. Borja-Cardona was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were called about 2:38 p.m. Tuesday to the area behind a Ride On Bus stop in the 9300 block of Piney Branch Road and found Borja-Cardona.

His body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, where an autopsy will officially determine the cause and manner of death.

Detectives ask anyone with information about the homicide to contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County. Tips can be submitted anonymously at www.crimesolversmcmd.org by clicking on the “www.p3tips.com” link, or by calling 1-866-411-8477.

Tips leading to an arrest may be eligible for a reward ranging from $250 to $10,000.