Man accused of murdering missing Prince George’s County woman held without bond

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The man accused of killing a missing 19-year-old woman in Prince George’s County will remain on a no-bond status.

35-year-old Hugo Hernandez-Mendez was arrested on Sept. 4 in connection with the death of Dacara Thompson, whose body was found below the South River Bridge in Annapolis after she had gone missing around Aug. 23.

35-year-old man charged with murder in death of missing Prince George’s County woman

The bond hearing on Monday after 1 p.m. was brief.

Hernandez-Mendez appeared virtually before a packed courtroom as his public defender waived his right to a bond hearing and asked for a no-bond status. Judge Katina Steuart agreed and said that, given the nature of the allegations, there would be no pretrial options for the case…

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