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A 27-year-old Arou­ca man is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore a mag­is­trate af­ter po­lice charged him with the mur­der of Yamerlis Lopez.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed the man on Mon­day and kept him in cus­tody. In­ves­ti­ga­tors from the Re­gion II Homi­cide Bu­reau met with of­fi­cials from the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions on Thurs­day.

Sources said the DPP gave in­struc­tions to lay the charge.