FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 31, 2003


DRIVER CHARGED WITH MURDER

 

CARY , NC The Town of Cary Police Department today charged the driver in a deadly car crash on Christmas Eve with 2nd Degree Murder.  Baldomero Felix Reyes, 26, of 1014 Village Greenway Apartments in Cary was arrested this morning and taken to the Wake County Public Safety Center where bond was set at $500,000.  

Just after 11 p.m. on December 24, 2003 , Reyes was driving his three passengers south on Cary Towne Boulevard near Principal Lane when he lost control of his 1996 White Jeep Cherokee.  The Jeep collided with a sign in the traffic island on Principal Lane and continued off the right shoulder, striking the curb and then a telephone pole guide wire.  The Jeep then rolled down an embankment and collided, upside down, with a tree.  Alcohol was a factor in the crash.

 

Policarpo Zefra Antero, 36, died at the scene.  Also injured in the crash were the driver’s sister, Zenaido Felix Reyes, 23, and Gabino Cayetano-Santiago, 30.  All were residents of the same Village Greenway apartment in Cary .

 

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PRIMARY CONTACTS:

Captain Dave Wulff, Cary Police, (919) 469-4016
Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, (919) 460-4951