{"id":127358,"date":"2026-01-22T03:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127358\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:38:15","slug":"florida-crash-blood-evidence-lead-to-murder-charge-against-broward-truck-driver-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127358\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida crash, blood evidence lead to murder charge against Broward truck driver, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A truck crash on a rural road in St. Lucie County turned into a homicide investigation after detectives say they found blood inside and outside a semi cab, evidence that led to a first-degree murder charge against a 41-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/pompano-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pompano Beach<\/a> truck driver.<\/p>\n<p>Olson Jean is sitting in jail roughly 100 miles from home after St. Lucie County sheriff&#8217;s detectives charged him with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say Jean was taken into custody on Jan. 15 in Fort Pierce after he crashed his semi cab into a ditch on a rural road behind a truck stop. On Saturday, detectives with the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced Jean was formally charged with first-degree murder with a firearm after blood was found inside and outside the truck, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cbsmiami-truck-stlucie-murder-1.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"cbsmiami-truck-stlucie-murder-1.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A late-night semi-truck crash in St. Lucie County led investigators to discover blood evidence, ultimately resulting in a first-degree murder charge.<\/p>\n<p>                St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>Detectives accuse Jean of killing 32-year-old Wendy Moncion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/coconut-creek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Coconut Creek<\/a>. Investigators said family members told them Jean and Moncion are cousins.<\/p>\n<p>Residents who live near the crash site said it was unusual to see a large truck on the narrow roadway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a residential road,&#8221; said Lauren Carter, who lives nearby. She said it appeared the driver may have been trying to turn around before the truck went off the road and into a ditch.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Miami attempted multiple times to contact Moncion&#8217;s family for comment, but they declined. No one answered the door at Jean&#8217;s home in Pompano Beach.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/616821595-1358299376333405-5188163790892934857-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"616821595-1358299376333405-5188163790892934857-n.jpg \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Olson Jean.<\/p>\n<p>                St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the St. Lucie County sheriff called the case &#8220;a violent and senseless crime&#8221; and said investigators &#8220;will pursue justice for victims and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office said additional details are expected to be released Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck crash on a rural road in St. Lucie County turned into a homicide investigation after detectives&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[506,11864,28,8928,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-127358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-broward-county","9":"tag-coconut-creek","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-pompano-beach","12":"tag-port-st-lucie","13":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","14":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}