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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - The man accused of killing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a bond hearing. Thompson was reported missing on August 23 and remained unaccounted for nearly two weeks before her body was discovered in Anne Arundel County.

Authorities say she was killed in a Bowie home and her body was later discarded off a Route 50 bridge, roughly seven miles away. The suspect, 35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say is living in the country illegally, now faces first- and second-degree murder charges.

What we know:

Investigators say surveillance video helped identify Hernandez-Mendez as the suspect.

Dacara Thompson investigation: Hugo Hernandez-Mendez arrested, charged with teen

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