Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez

The man accused of hiding the body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a plastic garbage container attended a hearing in Lake County Wednesday by phone from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.

His defense attorney complained his physical absence from court proceedings was hampering trial preparations.

Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez is charged with concealment of the death of Megan Bos, abuse of her corpse and obstructing justice.

Wednesday’s hearing focused on next steps for a case complicated by his July incarceration at the ICE facility following his pretrial release in the Bos case.

Defense attorneys argued his detention at the ICE facility is creating logistic challenges for the court proceedings in Lake County.

Mendoza-Gonzalez att

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