(NewsNation) — A migrant who attempted to self-deport from Illinois to Mexico will instead be tried in north suburban Chicago on state charges of concealing the death of a 37-year-old woman.

The case of Jose Mendoza-Gonzalez drew attention earlier this year after police in Waukegan, Ill. found the remains of Megan Bos in a container in his back yard. The woman, who had been missing for weeks, may have died of a fentanyl overdose at his residence. Mendoza-Gonzalez, whom federal authorities say is in the U.S. illegally, allegedly tried to cover up her death and obstruct justice; he also was charged with abuse of a corpse.

A judge initially released the 52-year-old pending trial, under a relatively new system in Illinois, the “SAFE-T Act,” that abolished cash bail. Megan Bos’s mother, Jenni

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