In poor health. Man Charged with Concealing Lacking Girl’s Loss of life After Conserving Her Physique in Storage Container: Police

Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, of Waukegan, In poor health. has been charged with concealment of a loss of life, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice, per the Waukegan Police Division.

Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged after the WPD allegedly found the physique of Megan Bos, 37, in a container in his yard in Waukegan. Bos was beforehand reported lacking from Antioch, In poor health., on March 9. Her physique allegedly remained within the storage container for almost two months.

Mendoza-Gonzalez appeared in court docket for the primary time on Saturday, April 12, per ABC 7 Chicago.

Lake County Decide Randie Bruno, who approved the search warrant and referred to as the offense “very critical,” launched Mendoza-Gonzalez from custody following his court docket look. He was positioned on Degree 4 pre-trial providers monitoring as he does not have a previous legal historical past, per Lake & McHenry County Scanner.

Police questioned Mendoza-Gonzalez at a neighborhood Waukegan enterprise on Thursday, April 10. He allegedly had frequent contact with Bos earlier than her loss of life, per ABC 7 Chicago. He later informed police that he didn’t wish to be arrested on the retailer, with out specifying why. Mendoza-Gonzalez initially informed authorities that Bos had come to his house on Feb. 19, however that she left after her go to, police mentioned. He spoke to authorities in Spanish, with the assistance of a translator.

Mendoza-Gonzalez claimed underneath interrogation that Bos overdosed on a thriller drug that she snorted in his house on Feb. 19 earlier than asking to go sit in his basement, NBC 5 Chicago reviews. After coming back from fixing a leaking pipe upstairs, Mendoza-Gonzalez informed police he discovered Bos lifeless. Fearing he would get in hassle, he allegedly hid her physique in his basement for days earlier than transferring her to a storage container within the yard.

Mendoza-Gonzalez additionally allegedly claimed to have destroyed her telephone after she died. The Lake County Coroner’s Workplace performed an post-mortem on Bos’ physique on Friday, April 11, and didn’t discover indicators of wrestle or trauma. Nonetheless, the police are conducting additional testing, together with a toxicology report, and the investigation stays ongoing.

PEOPLE reached out to the Waukegan Police Division and the Lake County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace for additional remark.