An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a Jersey City kindergarten teacher whose body was found in a shallow grave in Kearny, authorities announced.
On Tuesday, the Jersey City Police Department conducted a welfare check on Van Horne Street after a missing person’s report was filed.
The police contacted the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office for assistance. During the course of the investigation, the Homicide Unit located what appeared to be a shallow grave in the area of Central Avenue and Third Street in Kearny.They found Hernandez's body in the grave. Authorities ruled her death a homicide, saying her cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and compressions to the neck.
Hernandez was a teacher at the BelovED Community Charter School in Jersey City. Classes were canceled Wednesday. According to her family, Hernandez and her husband have been separated since November, but still lived in the same home. They shared three children together -- a 2-year-old, and a 4th and 6th grader.
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is actively investigating the case with assistance from the Jersey City Police Department and the Kearny Police Department.201-915-1345.
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