NJ - Luz Hernandez, 33, found in shallow grave, *suspicious*, Jersey City, 7 Feb 2023 *arrest*

[Unalienable Rights]

Jersey City Teacher Found Dead in Trash Can After Ex-husband Reported Her Missing: Prosecutors - New Jersey Local News

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Jersey City. According to a criminal complaint received on Wednesday, a New Jersey schoolteacher's ex-husband killed her, dumped her

newjerseylocalnews.com

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Jersey City. According to a criminal complaint received on Wednesday, a New Jersey schoolteacher’s ex-husband killed her, dumped her body in a storage shed, and then reported her missing two days later.

Cesar Santana, 36, the father of three, was extradited from Miami, Florida on Tuesday night to face first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the beating and strangulation of Luz Hernandez, 33, the mother of his three children.

On Wednesday, he made a brief appearance via video link in Central Judicial Processing Court, where he was being held in the Hudson County jail. The day of February 27 has been set aside for a possible detention hearing.

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Continues at link with details of the complaint.

 

[MajorHoople]

Ex of NJ teacher found in a shallow grave had pickax and shovel in car

Cesar Santana, 36, appeared in court on Wednesday where he faced charges in the death of Luz Hernandez, 33, a kindergarten teacher at a Jersey City charter school.

www.dailymail.co.uk

"A pickax, a shovel and a bloodstained rope were found in a vehicle linked to the ex-husband of a slain New Jersey teacher days before her body was found in a shallow grave, court documents revealed.

Cesar Santana, 36, appeared in court on Wednesday where he faced several charges, including murder, in the death of Luz Hernandez, 33, a kindergarten teacher at a Jersey City charter school.

New chilling details from the affidavit revealed that a search of Santana's Honda found bloody items including a large black and yellow bin with wheels, a pickax, a shovel, clear plastic sheeting and a rope, NBC News reported.

While some of the items were bloody, there were black hairs on others, and there was soil on the sheeting.

Santana was arrested on February 10 in Miami and extradited to New Jersey on Tuesday night. A second suspect in the murder, Lenier Miranda Lopez, 26, is still being sought by police."

 

[Clearsky]

Fugitive nabbed in beating, strangling death of kindergarten teacher and mother of 3

The second suspect accused in the beating and strangling death of a kindergarten teacher whose body was found in a shallow grave is in custody on U.S. soil after being extradited from Colombia.

lawandcrime.com

The second suspect accused in the beating and strangling death of a New Jersey kindergarten teacher and mother of three whose body was found in a shallow grave is in custody on U.S. soil after being extradited from Colombia.