HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Authorities in Texas have arrested 24-year-old Darwin Carcamo-Santiago in connection with the strangulation of his girlfriend, Esmeralda Perez-Mendez, in Columbia, Maryland. This came hours after Maryland authorities announced the search.
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According to the Howard County Police Department, an acquaintance discovered the 35-year-old’s body inside Carcamo-Santiago’s bedroom in the 9000 block of Watchlight Court, Sunday afternoon.
Investigators believe she was killed overnight between late Saturday and early Sunday.
Carcamo-Santiago was taken into custody without incident, Howard County officials said.