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A Maryland man has been charged with the murder of 19-year-old DaCara Thompson , a Black teen who went missing over two weeks ago.

According to NBC Washington , 35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez is facing charges of first and second-degree murder after police found evidence linking him to Thompson’s death. He is currently being held without bond.

“We believe the body found in Anne Arundel County is that of Dacara Thompson,” Prince George’s County Police Chief George Nader said at a press conference on Wednesday (September 3).

Thompson’s cause of death is pending confirmation from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, but it is expected to be ruled a homicide.

Thompson’s family last saw her the night of August 22, when she told her father she was

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