At 4:40 p. m. Tuesday, Tampa Police dispatch received a 9-1-1 call from a man who said he was on his way to the District III Police Headquarters with a body in the trunk of the Mercury Grand Marquis he was driving.

Once he arrived, he honked the horn, and an officer approached the vehicle, opened the trunk.

Detectives interviewed the driver, being allegedly identified as Montray, who told them the car did not belong to him.

The Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and reported there were no obvious signs of trauma to the body, and due to the body’s state of decomposition, identification would take longer than usual.

Authorities said the registered owner of the vehicle, Henry Shell, 79, was reported missing by a co-worker on Monday when he failed to show up for work.

Authorities have not confirmed the victim in the trunk to be Shell. According to a website, Shell is the owner of Henry Shell Realtor and Insurer Company on Nebraska Avenue.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reported that co-workers became concerned about Shell since they had not heard from him since Thursday, November 10th, when he left his business to go home. When he did not report for work Monday, the co-worker went to his apartment and did not find any signs of forced entry or anything out of place.

When deputies arrived at Shell’s residence, they discovered his vehicle missing, but according to a co-worker, he mentioned he might be going out of town, but did not say where he was going. Attempts were made to contact Shell through his cell phone, but it went straight to voicemail. Deputies also contacted area hospitals and placed alerts for Shell and his vehicle.

Authorities don’t know how the driver got Shell’s vehicle. He was questioned and later released.