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A Connecticut man was charged this weekend with the murder of his girlfriend, whose remains were found in a shallow grave earlier this year.
Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca, 27, vanished over the summer. Her boyfriend Jonathan Jara-Aucapina, 27, claimed he learned that she’d vanished after he received a call at work from their 7-year-old daughter telling him that her mother was not home when she woke up, according to a July press release from the East Haven Police Department.
Police now say that was one of Jara-Aucapina fabricated stories. Aleman-Popoca’s remains were found buried in a shallow grave two weeks after she vanished behind a dumpster near the Branford restaurant where Jara-Aucapina worked. A coroner determined that she had died of asphyxiation.
Family hopes arrest brings justice for Lizzbeth and other victims of domestic violence
Jonathan Jara-Acupina, the boyfriend of Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca, has been charged with her murder, six months after she disappeared. Author: Dave Puglisi Updated: 12:14 PM EST December 28, 2020
EAST HAVEN, Conn. The complex investigation took nearly six months to complete. Those closest to 27-year-old Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca had been pointing the finger at her live-in boyfriend, Jonathan Jara-Aucapina, also 27, since she disappeared in July. Her family says his arrest on Sunday will bring justice for Lizzbeth, and hope to many more families affected by domestic violence. It was shocking and necessary because the reality is that most women don’t see this justice, said Vanesa Suarez.
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