Rosimar Rodríguez was found dead in Toa Baja 3:07
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The Puerto Rico Department of Justice filed charges against the suspect in the alleged kidnapping and murder of young Rosimar Rodríguez Gómez, 20, on September 17 in the municipality of Toa Baja.
The defendant is Jay O'Neill González Mercado, also 20, to whom the Prosecutor's Office indicted five charges, including statutory murder and kidnapping.
He also charged him with the crime of carrying, transporting or using firearms without a license.
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Judge Lorraine M. Biaggi Trigo, of the Bayamón Court of First Instance, determined that there is cause for the arrest of González Mercado and set him a bond of US $ 2,140,000.
González Mercado, who could not afford bail and was taken to the Bayamón Correctional Complex, left the court without comment.
Neither did his lawyer, Manuel Morales Schmidt, speak.
CNN attempted to reach the defender, but has not received a response so far.
The preliminary hearing of the case was set for October 29.
According to the police report, the events of the kidnapping and murder date back to September 17.
The defendant, allegedly in mutual agreement with other people, allegedly deceived Rodríguez by posing as his ex-partner, writing text messages on his cell phone and requesting the location of his residence.
Upon arriving at the place where Rodríguez was, the police report says, the defendant allegedly used force and intimidation to force her to board a vehicle against her will, which would have resulted in a kidnapping.
Later, according to the Police, they would have taken the victim to a road in the municipality of Dorado, where she was hit by a bullet.
Authorities found his body on September 27.
According to police statistics, at least 32 women have been murdered in Puerto Rico so far this year.
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