A Maryland man who pretended to be worried about his missing ex-girlfriend — even calling police to report her disappearance — will spend decades in prison after admitting he beat and strangled her in their apartment before dumping her body off an ICC bridge.
Francisco Lara-Garcia, 33, was sentenced to life in prison, suspending all but 40 years to serve, for murdering his ex-girlfriend and abandoning her body, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 20.
Lara-Garcia pleaded guilty in March to first-degree murder for killing 20-year-old Keylin Chavez Dominguez, whose disappearance gripped her family and the Rockville community for nearly a month…