HOUSTON (AP) - Harris County authorities have charged a 32-year-old man with capital murder for the death of his girlfriend who had been missing for nearly three months.
Jarvis Hickerson already was jailed for violating a protective order involving 32-year-old Amalia Alexander. She was last seen with him on September 19, 2016, and was reported missing the next day when she failed to show up for work as a nursing assistant at a Houston-area rehabilitation center.
Skeletal remains found Nov. 30 north of Houston in adjacent Montgomery County were identified as Alexander’s and homicide investigators found evidence that tying Hickerson to the scene.
A court appearance on the charge is set for Tuesday. Court records don’t show an attorney for him but show Hickerson with a lengthy criminal record going back 13 years.
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