Found Safe CA - Alora Benitez, 15, Torrance, 17 April 2019 *Arrest*

[PommyMommy]

AUG 15, 2019
Woman Captured After Amber Alert Denies Kidnapping, Killing Man Found in Carson Parking Lot

Maricela Mercado appears for her arraignment in a Torrance courtroom on Aug. 15, 2019. (Credit: KTLA)

A woman arrested last month after months on the run pleaded not guilty Thursday to working with her ex-husband to kidnap and kill a man whose body was found outside a business park in Carson, prosecutors said.

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Mercado is scheduled to return to court Sept. 17 for a preliminary hearing, prosecutors said. Inmate records show she was being held on $2 million bail.

Cerratos’ next court appearance is set for Aug. 15, and his bond was set at $3 million, the booking records show.

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[cvaldez1975]

ok this is sounding like a drug deal gone bad. dealers literally hang around outside methadone clinics. possibly they regularly worked together and money was owed?