A body found along a Maryland highway was identified as 19-year-old Dacara Thompson, a missing woman from Prince George’s County, police said Friday.
A man from Bowie, 35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, is now accused of killing her.
“Our entire state mourns the horrible loss of Da’Cara Thompson, who was taken from us by an act of senseless violence,” Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said in a statement. “Dawn and I join all Marylanders in praying for Da’Cara and her family in the wake of this tragedy.”
Dacara Thompson’s body found
Thompson’s body was found in a grassy area off Route 50 in Anne Arundel County on Sunday, Aug. 31, nearly one week after her family reported her missing…