A suspect has been arrested for kidnapping and murder charges in connection with a case from January in east Charlotte.
According to a report from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, on Jan. 19, a suspect went to a home on Turquoise Drive and moved two victims through the house at gunpoint before shooting one of them and kidnapping the other.
Police said the suspect took the kidnapping victim to another area on Rozelles Ferry Road, “committed other incidents,” and then stole the victim’s car.
CMPD had identified the shooting victim as 26-year-old Diana Perez-Barrera.
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On Thursday, CMPD released an update identifying a suspect in the case.
Police said that Quanticus Rucker, 33, was arrested on Jan. 20 for unrelated charges, but he was linked to the kidnapping and murder case after months of investigation. CMPD said its homicide unit identified Rucker as the suspect in Perez-Barrera’s death on Aug. 22.