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FEB 23, 2019
The inside story of how investigators found Hania Aguilar's suspected killer
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The Fayetteville Observer reviewed hundreds of pages of search warrants and court orders for insight into how McLellan allegedly kidnapped Hania on Nov. 5 and evaded investigators in the hours and days that followed.
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McLellan became a suspect within days of the kidnapping, the records show, and was taken into custody by the night of Nov. 12 on unrelated charges. This was kept secret by authorities during their daily news conferences as the search for Hania continued into the following weeks.
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A major break in the case happened at 7:57 a.m. the next morning, Nov. 8, three days after Hania was kidnapped. Someone called 911 to report seeing an SUV hidden among some trees about 40 to 50 yards off Quincey Drive. It was the SUV from the kidnapping.
Seventeen clothing items were found in the SUV, including Hania’s shirt, pants and underwear.
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Semen found on the underwear belongs to McLellan, authorities would later determine, and his DNA also was on the steering wheel.
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By Nov. 13, McLellan was in jail, eight days after Hania’s kidnapping. Yet he wasn’t held on charges related to the abduction. Instead, he was served the outstanding warrant from the attempted robbery in Fairmont on Oct. 16.
Hania was still missing.
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On Nov. 27, late in the afternoon, FBI agents found her unclothed body off Wire Grass Road about five miles outside of Lumberton. She lay face down in more than 4 feet of water. A broken plastic folding table was on top of her.
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Publicly, authorities continued to solicit any information that could identify the killer and bring him to justice. Privately, they believed they already had found him.
At 3:28 a.m. on Dec. 8, the FBI announced that McLellan was charged with Hania’s kidnapping, rape and murder — 10 charges in all. He later would be taken to Central Prison in Raleigh to await trial.
The inside story of how investigators found Hania Aguilar's suspected killer
[...]
The Fayetteville Observer reviewed hundreds of pages of search warrants and court orders for insight into how McLellan allegedly kidnapped Hania on Nov. 5 and evaded investigators in the hours and days that followed.
[...]
McLellan became a suspect within days of the kidnapping, the records show, and was taken into custody by the night of Nov. 12 on unrelated charges. This was kept secret by authorities during their daily news conferences as the search for Hania continued into the following weeks.
[...]
A major break in the case happened at 7:57 a.m. the next morning, Nov. 8, three days after Hania was kidnapped. Someone called 911 to report seeing an SUV hidden among some trees about 40 to 50 yards off Quincey Drive. It was the SUV from the kidnapping.
Seventeen clothing items were found in the SUV, including Hania’s shirt, pants and underwear.
[...]
Semen found on the underwear belongs to McLellan, authorities would later determine, and his DNA also was on the steering wheel.
[...]
By Nov. 13, McLellan was in jail, eight days after Hania’s kidnapping. Yet he wasn’t held on charges related to the abduction. Instead, he was served the outstanding warrant from the attempted robbery in Fairmont on Oct. 16.
Hania was still missing.
[...]
On Nov. 27, late in the afternoon, FBI agents found her unclothed body off Wire Grass Road about five miles outside of Lumberton. She lay face down in more than 4 feet of water. A broken plastic folding table was on top of her.
[...]
Publicly, authorities continued to solicit any information that could identify the killer and bring him to justice. Privately, they believed they already had found him.
At 3:28 a.m. on Dec. 8, the FBI announced that McLellan was charged with Hania’s kidnapping, rape and murder — 10 charges in all. He later would be taken to Central Prison in Raleigh to await trial.