An Elmhurst man is being held in custody on murder and armed robbery charges after a woman’s body was found in Wadsworth, Illinois, over the weekend.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office said they were notified shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday that a body had been found in a wooded area near Adams and Delany roads in Wadsworth. The coroner identified the remains as 21-year-old Claudia Mojarrieta-Matos of Greenacres, Florida, who was connected to a missing persons investigation being conducted by Elmhurst police.
The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said Elmhurst police received a 911 call about a missing person at about 4:35 a.m. on Saturday. The man who called said he had dropped Mojarrieta-Matos off in the 600 block of West Lorraine Avenue to meet with another person, who police later identified as 22-year-old Santino Ortiz…