Man accused of running over his ex-girlfriend in Pompano Beach is denied bail

POMPANO BEACH, Florida. – A man accused of running over and killing his ex-girlfriend in Pompano Beach appeared in court Monday, where he was denied bail.

Edwin Amaya stood silently in the courtroom as the judge denied him bail in the premeditated murder case.

Amaya is accused of running over his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son, Brenda Hernandez, twice on Saturday night.

The murder was captured on video.

In addition to her son with the suspect, 29-year-old Hernandez is also the mother of two other children.

Her mother said her daughter never molested anyone and Amaya was abusive.

The father of Brenda Amaya's two older children, Omar Munguia Henrique, told Local 10 News that the suspect showed up Saturday belligerent and drunk and threatened to shoot everyone before running over the victim.

Investigators believe Amaya, 32, was driving a white Ford F-250 pickup truck when he intentionally struck the victim twice near South Cypress Road and Southwest Eighth Street.

Munguia Henrique said he, too, was dragged by the suspect's truck in Pompano Beach.

The family had just returned from dinner when he showed up.

Munguia Henrique said the victim was run over in front of her younger children.

According to police, Amaya fled but was arrested a short time later near Dixie Highway.

A GoFundMe page has been created to help Hernandez's family return her body to Honduras.