HYATTSVILLE, Md. — After two heartbreaking weeks, the search for DaCara Thompson came to a tragic end.

Prince George's County Police confirmed Friday that her body was found along an embankment off of Route 50 in Anne Arundel County on August 31.

They also announced the arrest of Hugo Hernandez-Mendez. Investigators say the 35 year-old is an immigrant from Guatemala who was in the country illegally. He was charged with first and second degree murder on Friday, according to Prince George's County Police Department Interim Chief George Nader.

Friday night, new court documents revealed a timeline of what unfolded.

Police say DaCara Thompson was first reported missing by her father just before 9 p.m. on August 23. He told police the same thing he told WUSA9, that he'd last seen her the

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