Sex Offender Decapitated on Florida Highway

(Orange County, Florida) A 47-year-old man, Christopher Calandrella, was strolling across State Route 50 at about 3 AM on February 26 and was hit by a car.

Driving her Nissan Altima, Antoinette Whitley stopped to check on the injured pedestrian. As she approached, an 18-wheeler barreled over Calandrella, killing him instantly. The big rig left him headless.

The driver of the tractor-trailer did not stop.

Tire marks left on the roadway show the truck driver had applied his brakes, FHP Sgt. Kim Miller said. Troopers have stopped nearly a dozen tractor-trailers matching the description of the hit-and-run vehicle.

The vehicle was described as white, with "Star" written on the back of the trailer.

Calandrella has been described as a convicted sex offender who was found guilty of molesting a 14-year-old girl and guilty of assaulting a little boy's mother in the state of Washington in 1994. Calandrella spent two years in prison for the offenses. At the time of his death, Calandrella was wanted in Wyoming for failing to register as a sex offender.

Calandrella was listed as a transient on the Florida sex offender registry. Nobody knows why he was in Orange County walking across a highway at 3 AM.