Funeral plans have been announced for the Prince George’s County, Maryland, woman found dead along Route 50 last month.
Services for 19-year-old DaCara Thompson will be held Tuesday at Kettering Baptist church on Crain Highway, according to WUSA9.
Thompson went missing last month when she left home and never returned. A week later her body was found in Anne Arundel County.
Police arrested 35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, charging him with first degree murder.
Authorities said the man is in the U.S. illegally.
He was denied bail last week and according to court documents investigators believe Hernandez-Mendez threw Thompson’s body off the South River Bridge on Route 50, a drop of more than 30 feet, and that her body had numerous fractures.
The motive for the killing is still under investigation.
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