The 33-year-old teacher’s body was found with blunt force trauma and neck compressions in a shallow grave less than 48 hours after she was reported missing.

US Marshals have arrested a man in Florida in connection with the death of the 33-year-old Dominican teacher and mother who was found beaten and strangled in a shallow grave in New Jersey this week, the Hudson County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Separately, an arrest warrant was also issued for another man they are looking for in connection with
investigating the death of Luz Hernandez, a 33-year-old Dominican teacher and mother from Jersey City who was found dead in Kearny.

Cesar Santana, 36, and Leiner Miranda Lopez, 26, both of Jersey City, are each charged with one count of Desecration/Concealment of Human Remains.

Santana was arrested shortly after midnight Friday at a motel on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida, by members of the United States Marshals’ South Florida and New York/New Jersey regional fugitive task forces. His extradition to New Jersey is expected.

For his part, Miranda López has not yet been captured and anyone with information about his
you are urged to contact the Hudson County District Attorney’s Office at 201-915-1345