Dacara Thompson murder investigation: Suspect due in court Monday

Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, the man accused of killing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a bond hearing.

The Brief

Suspect Hugo Hernandez-Mendez appears in court Monday.

Dacara Thompson vanished August 23; her body was later found.

Police say she was killed in Bowie and dumped off Route 50.

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-

See Full Page