Body found near Silver Spring bus stop, police appeal for information

SILVER SPRING, Md. – A Silver Spring man was found dead near a bus stop Tuesday and Montgomery County police are asking the public for information about the murder.

On Thursday, authorities said the victim was 19-year-old Edilberto Borja-Cardona, whose body was found traumatized. Borja-Cardona was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were called to the area behind a Ride-On bus stop in the 9300 block of Piney Branch Road around 2:38 p.m. Tuesday 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.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the murder to contact the Montgomery County Criminal Investigation Division. Tips can be submitted anonymously at www.crimesolversmcmd.org by clicking on the link “www.p3tips.com” or by calling 1-866-411-8477.

Information leading to an arrest can carry a reward ranging from $250 to $10,000.