ANOTHER ONE: Scar-faced illegal alien accused of murdering teen whose body was found dumped on side of road

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From the New York Post: A scar-faced illegal migrant was charged Friday with murdering a Maryland teenager whose body was found dumped on the side of a highway more than a week after she was reported missing.

Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, was charged with first- and second-degree murder after a body found near a Washington, DC-area highway was confirmed to be missing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson, officials said.

He is suspected of murdering the teen in his bedroom after surveillance showed her getting into a back SUV that took her to the house in Bowie, the Prince George’s County Police Department said.

Hernandez-Mendez — who has a long scar stretching from above his right eye down to his mouth — was in the US illegally despite an earlier arrest in April for driving under the influence, County Executive Aisha Braveboy told a press conference Friday.

Dacara Thompson had reportedly left her father’s home the night of August 22, saying she was going to get gas for her car. She never returned. Two days later, her car was found parked across from a fire station, and her purse, containing credit cards and cash, was still inside the vehicle.

A grainy surveillance video is believed to show Thompson walking away from her car at about 1:30 a.m. Aug. 23.  Other surveillance footage reportedly shows Thompson approach a black SUV, speak to the driver and get inside the SUV at about 3 a.m.

Police learned the SUV drove to a home in Bowie. After searching the home, they found evidence that shows Thompson was killed in Hernandez-Mendez’s bedroom of that home.  Her naked body was later found on a riverbank off the side of the road. Police have stated they believe Hernandez-Mendez threw her body off the bridge. Her body was found on August 31.

NBC4 Washington reported on the case, describing the illegal alien as “Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, of Bowie, Maryland.” Several paragraphs down in the article, NBC then notes that Hernandez-Mendez “was living in the U.S. illegally.

According to ICE, Hernandez-Mendez is from Guatemala. It is unknown when he crossed the border into the U.S. He had been arrested for drunk driving in April, but was released, pending trial. It is unclear when that trial was scheduled for.

A spokesperson from ICE released the following scathing statement:

“Hugo Rene Hernandez-Mendez is a criminal alien from Guatemala charged with first-degree murder in Prince George’s County, Maryland. On Sept. 4, ICE Baltimore lodged an immigration detainer against Hernandez with the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections, who is historically uncooperative.

“During an interview with Hernandez, ICE officers determined that he illegally entered the United States on an unknown date and location and without inspection or admission by a U.S. immigration official.

“Local officials, like Prince George’s County endanger the safety of its residents by refusing to honor ICE detainers and releasing criminal illegal aliens back into the community to reoffend. We can only hope that’s not the case with Hernandez-Mendez.”

WATCH the NBC4 news report below for more details on the horrific case.

Investigative reporter Mike Hellgren shared the following sickening details:

Court records show Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, the suspect in the U.S. illegally and charged with 19yo Dacara Thompson’s murder, worked at a Baltimore-based landscaping company.

•He told police he was at a nightclub to meet his ex but never did, denied involvement in the killing, then asked for a lawyer, according to charging documents.

•The body was thrown more than 30 feet over a bridge into the South River off Route 50 near Annapolis.

•Police found multiple pairs of women’s underwear, blood, a wig and one of Thompson’s fingernails during a search warrant of Hernandez-Mendez’s home.

•Prince George’s County officials said U.S. Park Police arrested him for a DUI in April but let him go pending trial. @wjz

Here we go again… the media reports the case as “a Maryland man.”

ABC News: “A Maryland man has been arrested and charged in the killing of a 19-year-old woman who was reported missing last month…”

NBC Washington: “A Maryland man is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Dacara Thompson, a 19-year-old woman who disappeared from Prince George’s County two weeks ago….”

Another from an NBC Washington reporter: “Police say the Maryland man accused of murdering 19-year-old Dacara Thompson was in the country illegally…”

CBS Baltimore: “A Maryland man was charged with the murder of 19-year-old Dacara Thompson nearly two weeks after she was reported missing in Prince George’s County…”

Below is the full police press conference which took place on Friday:

READ MORE from the New York Post and NBC4 Washington.

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