Derrick J. Franks, 36, was found dead in the roadway in the 5000 block of North Dixie Highway, between Elizabethtown and Radcliff, on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Authorities responded to a report of a person down about 11 a.m.; the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office says Franks had been shot in the face while inside a vehicle driven by 25-year-old Cruz C. Frescas of Shepherdsville and then dragged from the car along the highway as Frescas fled.

Shelby County officers located Frescas and the vehicle later that same day, and he was arrested and held on $500,000 bond. The motive for the killing has not been released. Franks, born April 14, 1987, had moved to Kentucky in 2016, worked as a clerk and left behind six children; family remembered his love of basketball and dominoes.

Did anyone in the area see the vehicle or the incident on North Dixie Highway that morning who hasn’t yet spoken to investigators?