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Suspect arrested hours after body of missing Chetumal woman found

Chetumal, Q.R. — An intense search for a missing 22-year-old woman Monday lead to the arrest of her alleged boyfriend. On Friday, the family of Dulce Yarley reported her missing. During the Monday search, her body was found left near an abandoned building along the Calderitas-Luis Echeverría highway.

Search personnel made the discovery around noon. Shortly afterward, the State Attorney General (FGE) announced the arrest of Edwin Jesús “N” as a person “related” to her death.

According to the FGE, he was last person seen with her on August 29. She was reported missing August 30 and a missing persons alert issued. Her body was found September 2.

“Edwin Jesús “N” was the last person with whom the victim was seen on the day of her disappearance on August 29 of this year,” the FGE said in a statement.

“Her relatives reported her missing on August 30. Following a search operation involving corporations from municipal, state and federal levels of government, the victim’s body was found on Monday near the community of Calderitas,” the Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE) said.

The FGE has not yet announced any official charges against “Edwin Jesús “N”.