Maryland police said they’ve arrested an illegal immigrant teen and suspected MS-13 gang member for the murder of an autistic 20-year-old woman.
According to Aberdeen police, the 17-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly strangling Kayla Hamilton to death back on July 27, 2022.
"Hamilton’s death was determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to be a homicide by strangulation. Detectives learned from Hamilton’s family that she was autistic and had recently moved to Aberdeen with her twenty-two-year-old boyfriend."Police said the boy became a person of interest and was later determined to be an undocumented non-citizen from El Salvador. U.S.
Authorities were able to nab the boy after comparing his DNA to evidence from the crime scene. He was apprehended in Edgewood, Maryland, which is around 10 miles south of Aberdeen, early last Sunday. He's being held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center. His identity is unknown at this time.
The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement all assisted in the investigation.
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