A man who reportedly killed his ex-girlfriend and buried her in a shallow grave in Philadelphia, was arrested by the police after a high speed yacht by Westchester County, New York.
Geovanni Otero, 29, was persuaded by New York State Troopers on Saturday because she reportedly drove a car that was stolen from Virginia, the independent reported.
Otero then accelerated and led officers for a chase that lasted a mile and ended up with the suspect who crashed the car and tried to escape on foot, NBC Philadelphia reported.
The police eventually caught up with Otero, accused of killing the 29-year-old Melody Rivera.
After the chase was concluded, Otero was found with various fake IDs after giving a false identification to officers.
The police identified Otero through his fingerprints, that was when they realized that he was a suspect in the murder of Rivera.
The US Marshals Service has been looking for Otero since 8 November, when the authorities found Rivera dead and buried in a shallow grave in the Fox Chase -neighborhood of Philadelphia.
In the bulletin of the desk it said that Otero has a tattoo of a dagger behind his left ear and the name of his ex-girlfriend tattooed behind his right ear. He was considered “armed and dangerous.”
Geovanni Otero, 29, was searched for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, the 29-year-old Melody Rivera
Rivera (photo) leaves an 11-year-old daughter. She was missing after Halloween, reportedly after a dispute with Otero
Shown: Rivera's body is performed from the Philadelphia Park in which she was buried
The Bulletin also said that Otero and Rivera were last seen “on October 31, 2024 at 7 p.m. on the 900 block of Sanger Street.”
The American Marshals offered a reward of $ 5,000 for all information about Otero.
Rivera's mother Maritza Garcia said she saw her daughter on Halloween for the last time. Garcia reported that her daughter missed 12 hours later.
Otero is held in New York awaiting extradition back to Pennsylvania. He is planned to appear in court on Thursday.
Otero was recently released from the state prison on a gun -related indictment, 6 ABC reported. He has a criminal history that goes back to when he was only 12 years old.
The police said that Otero had a fight with the victim before she was missing, which encouraged the first search and investigation.
The possible motive for her murder remains unclear.
Rivera's family told Fox29 Philadelphia that she leaves an 11-year-old daughter.
Martha Lee Fred, the sister of Rivera, said she was loving, friendly and funny. The family spent six days searching for her after she had disappeared.
“We searched for her for six days and today they confirmed for us that the woman was found in a superficial grave yesterday,” Fred said.
“We went looking for my sister for hours every day, hours at the same time,” she added. “She didn't deserve to be buried in a park. She didn't earn that. '
