. >> 29-year-old frankie pullian was found dead on a deserted road underneath an abandoned car. apparently, the person driving the vehicle hit frankie, then fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind. frankie pullian worked for a local funeral home as a handyman. before that, he served a brief stint in the u.s. military. >> he would run errands for the funeral home, and the funeral home was also kind of a stopping off point for the police as well. and it was one of the more successful black funeral homes in paterson. >> police discovered that the hit-and-run vehicle had been stolen a month earlier. the owner was a retired policeman who lived nearby who had an alibi for the night before. >> he was an elderly gentleman. there was no way that anyone would even, in their wildest dreams or imagination, suspect that he was involved in this. >> to approximate the time of the accident, paterson police checked patrolmen's records for the night before and found an important clue. >> earlier that morning at approximately 4:00 a.m., the same patrol unit did pass that area, and the significan

. >> 29-year-old frankie pullian was found dead on a deserted road underneath an abandoned car.