SAN ANTONIO – A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that left a 37-year-old man dead along Hildebrandt Road in Southeast Bexar County.

Deputy Diaz with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said Eduardo Eric Pena is charged with collision involving death, a second-degree felony.

The case began Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, when deputies responded to a call in the 8500 block of Hildebrandt Road after a county public works employee reported finding a body on the side of the road. The man was later identified as Edward Eugene Finex, 37.

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Investigators said evidence collected at the scene, along with the medical examiner’s report, indicated Finex had been struck by a vehicle. Deputies recovered debris and were able to trace it back to a 2004-2008 Ford F-150.

Deputies said the sheriff’s office reviewed video surveillance and other camera footage showing matching vehicles dating back to roughly around Aug. 22. Investigators also obtained video from other agencies’ marked patrol vehicles, including footage from vehicle cameras, which helped them get license plate information.

Deputies said they contacted the registered owner of a vehicle connected to the investigation and learned it had been sold. The owner provided information that led investigators to Pena’s residence, where they located the truck.

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According to Deputy Diaz, Pena gave a statement saying he was traveling home on “mistaken” early in the morning when he thought he hit an animal. Diaz said Pena told investigators he made it home, then returned to check the area but did not find anything and did not report the incident.

Before the arrest, the sheriff’s office had asked for the public’s help to find a pickup believed to be involved, describing it as a 2004-2008 Ford F-150 with damage to the right front area and missing the right-side (passenger-side) headlight assembly.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office at (210) 335-6000 or BCSOTIPS@bexar.org.