A 33-year-old man is headed to prison for decades for murdering his ex-girlfriend and throwing her body off a Maryland bridge before driving to Philadelphia to bring in the New Year and later reporting her missing.

Francisco Lara-Garcia was sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended for the death of 20-year-old Keylin Chavez Dominguez, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office said. Lara-Garcia pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder .

The pair started dating in early 2021 when they lived in Honduras and continued their relationship and stayed together at an apartment in Rockville, a Washington, D.C., suburb, according to a probable cause affidavit. Chavez Dominguez began dating another man in August 2022, which made Lara-Garcia jealous. However, the former

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