Arrest made after missing New Jersey kindergarten teacher found dead in shallow grave
Friends and family are mourning the killing of New Jersey kindergarten teacher Luz Hernandez, Fox 5 New York's Jenny Taveras reports.prosecutor announced Friday that an arrest has been made and another suspect is being sought after a missing kindergarten teacher's body was found this week in what"appeared to be a shallow grave."
Leiner Miranda Lopez, a 26-year-old who like Santana is from Jersey City, remains on the run. Both men haveHernandez, a mother of three and a teacher at BelovED Charter School in Jersey City, died of blunt force trauma to the head and compressions to the neck, prosecutors say, citing preliminary autopsy findings. The motive for her death remains unknown.
"During the course of the investigation, it was determined Cesar Santana and Leiner Miranda Lopez were involved in a motor vehicle stop on Sunday, February 5, 2023 on Central Avenue in Kearny, prior to Luz Hernandez being reported missing," the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Friday."The vehicle was unregistered and impounded by the Kearny Police Department.
On Tuesday,"The Kearny Police Department, knowing details of the traffic stop, led the Homicide Unit to the area of Central Avenue and Third Street in Kearny, where investigators ultimately located what appeared to be a shallow grave," prosecutors also said."The body of a female -- later identified as Luz Hernandez, 33, of Jersey City -- was recovered a short time later and she was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:53 p.m.
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