A central Illinois man has been charged with homicide and sexual assault in reference to the slaying of a Harvey girl who was discovered useless in 2020 at a south suburban forest protect.
Vanessa Ceja Ramirez, 22, was discovered Nov. 4, 2020, on the Midlothian Meadows Forest Protect — two days after she was reported lacking after she went there for a stroll, the Prepare dinner County sheriff’s workplace stated.
Her physique had been partially burned, and there was proof of sexual assault and strangulation, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
DNA discovered on the scene related investigators to Dakota Petrey, 30, of Lewistown. On the time of the incident, Petrey lived at an Oak Forest condo the place Ramirez’s telephone had pinged shortly after she was reported lacking, however there was no indication that Petrey and Ramirez knew one another, police stated.
Petrey was arrested Saturday after he was launched from custody in one other case in downstate Fulton County, police stated.
In Prepare dinner County, he faces one felony depend every of first-degree homicide and aggravated prison sexual assault.
A decide ordered him held in jail whereas he awaits trial.
