A scar-faced illegal migrant was charged Friday with murdering a Maryland teenager whose body was found dumped on the side of a highway more than a week after she was reported missing.

Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, was charged with first- and second-degree murder after a body found near a Washington, DC-area highway was confirmed to be missing 19-year-old Dacara Thompson, officials said.

He is suspected of murdering the teen in his bedroom after surveillance showed her getting into a back SUV that took her to the house in Bowie, the Prince George’s County Police Department said. 5

Hernandez-Mendez — who has a long scar stretching from above his right eye down to his mouth — was in the US illegally despite an earlier arrest in April for driving under the influence, County Executive Ais

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