PUTNAM COUNTY, New York (WABC) -- Detectives have made some progress in a murder mystery after the body of a missing taxi driver was found in Putnam County.

An arrest has been made after Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez was discovered by a fisherman in the Croton Falls Reservoir last weekend.

A smiling Santos Vazquez-Ramirez walked out of the Putnam County Sherrif's Office with little to say, but according to authorities, he did not hold back, detailing the murder of the 56-yearpold taxi driver.

"He admitted to killing Mr. Orbez over a dispute over a taxi fare. He further stated that after the killing, he dragged him into the woods, into the reservoir off the Magnetic Mud road," said Putnam County Sheriff Brian Hess.

Police arrested and charged the 27-year-old suspect with murder and robbery afte

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