Man searched ‘how long fingerprints last’ after he wrapped girlfriend’s body in ‘distinctive’ blanket and set it on fire: Sheriff

A Texas man allegedly set his girlfriend’s body on fire in 2019 but remained free until Sunday, when new technology let cops mine incriminating data from his cellphone.

Joey Emiliano Tovar-Vargas, 24, is accused of tampering with evidence, namely a corpse, in the death of 20-year-old Meagan Gonzales, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday.

Gonzales was last seen with Tovar-Vargas in her truck on Nov. 11, 2019, in San Antonio, Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters. She was reported missing four days later…

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