The physique of a Washington lady who went lacking two weeks in the past was discovered over 1,300 miles away in a neighborhood cemetery in Mexicali, Mexico, police mentioned.
Reyna Hernandez, 54, was discovered within the cemetery on the Tijuana Highway, the Renton, Washington Police Department mentioned Monday in a Facebook put up.
Hernandez disappeared Feb. 26 from her south Renton home, prompting buddies to report her lacking two days later, Renton police mentioned. She did not return home from operating errands and did not open up her small business in Renton, in keeping with the police’s social put up.
Hernandez ran a hair salon in Renton — a suburb of Seattle about 12 miles south of downtown, ABC News reported.
How did Renton police discover Reyna Hernandez’s physique?
Detectives turned conscious of Hernandez’s doable whereabouts on March 8 once they have been notified a couple of information article out of Mexicali describing how an unidentified physique was discovered on the Tijuana Highway, Renton police mentioned.
Over the weekend, investigators bought in touch with Mexican authorities who supplied sufficient data to positively determine Hernandez, in keeping with Renton police.
Mexican legislation enforcement arrested a 61-year-old Renton resident on unrelated fees, however now he is thought-about a suspect in Hernadez’s disappearance and doable homicide, Renton police’s Facebook put up mentioned.
The suspect stays in custody in Mexico, the place in addition they discovered Hernandez’s automobile, police mentioned.
“Detectives have not been super clear on what (their) relationship is, this person has not yet been charged so once we get all of those facts together we will be able to give you more information,” Meeghan Black of the Renton Police Department instructed KIRO-TV.
Reyna Hernandez’s homicide could have been home violence-related, police say
Renton police detectives imagine this was a home violence crime, in keeping with the division’s Facebook put up.
“This is the worst possible outcome, and our hearts go out to Reyna’s family and friends,” Renton police Investigations Cmdr. Chandler Swain mentioned within the Facebook put up. “We are working closely with Mexicali police and our U.S. Federal partners to determine when and where Reyna was killed.”
Detectives can work out the place the alleged murder was dedicated as soon as the time and method of dying are confirmed, Renton police mentioned. If Hernandez was killed within the U.S., authorities would extradite the suspect to face fees in America, the division added.
“To have this as the end result is simply devastating,” Black mentioned. “It’s now gone throughout nation strains, not simply state strains however nation strains and we have been working very nicely with Mexican officers and we’re getting the federal officers concerned to try to work out who takes jurisdiction once we work out that timeline.”
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