35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, brutally murdered a Maryland teen and threw her body off a bridge last month.
19-year-old Dacara Thompson went missing two weeks ago after she left her father’s house to put gas in her car.
Surveillance video from the gas station shows Dacara Thompson approaching Hernandez-Mendez’s vehicle. After speaking to him for about a minute, she gets into the passenger side.
Police said they drove to the suspect’s home, where he may have sexually assaulted Thompson before killing her in his bedroom.
Hernandez-Mendez threw Thompson’s body off a highway bridge in the Annapolis area.
Thompson’s naked body was located in the South River. She had skull and facial fractures and was identified through her tattoos.
NBC Washington reported:
A 19-year-old Prince George’s County woman who disappeared two weeks ago was confirmed dead and a man is charged in her murder, authorities said in an update Friday.
Dacara Thompson left her father’s home in Lanham the night of Aug. 22 and said she was going to put gas in her car. Her family reported her missing the next day. The car was found Aug. 24 with her purse inside. Her phone was gone and disabled.
Thompson’s body was found naked Sunday on a riverbank off Route 50 in Anne Arundel County, Prince George’s County police confirmed.
Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, of Bowie, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, Prince George’s County Police Chief George Nader said at a news conference. Police believe Hernandez-Mendez threw Thompson’s body off a bridge, according to court documents.
More on this story from CBS New Baltimore:
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