The suspect in the death of a woman whose body was found along the ICC in Montgomery County about a month after she disappeared has been arrested in Missouri.
Francisco Ramon Lara Garcia, 30, is charged with first-degree murder. He is the ex-boyfriend of 20-year-old Keylin Yolibeth Chavez-Dominguez, with whom he lived at the time of her disappearance, police said.
Chavez-Dominguez was last seen by family and friends Dec. 30 at her Rockville apartment and was reported missing Jan. 2.
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Her body was found Jan. 28 at Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park, police said.
Detectives identified Lara Garcia as a suspect, and U.S. marshals arrested him in Missouri Feb. 1, police said.
A warrant charging him with murder was obtained Monday.
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Lara Garcia is awaiting extradition in St. Louis.
