Jonathan Jara-Acupina is being held on $2 million bond Author: Angelo Bavaro (FOX61) Updated: 11:16 PM EST December 27, 2020
EAST HAVEN, Conn. The East Haven Police Department announced Sunday during a press conference that Jonathan Jara-Acupina, 27, has been arrested in connection with the murder of Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca.
According to police, Jara-Acupina was Aleman-Popoca’s live-in-boyfriend and the father of her child.
He is charged with murder and is being held on $2 million bond. He is expected to be arraigned in New Haven Superior Court Monday.
Aleman-Popoca was found dead on July 15th in a “shallow grave” behind LoMonaco s Ristorante Italiano, where Jara-Acupina worked. The 27-year-old mother had been missing for two weeks before her body was found.