The man suspected of killing a 25-year-old engaged Georgia mom and fitness TikToker was in the country illegally, according to state lawmakers who called her murder a “preventable tragedy.”
Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches, 24, was arrested last Monday on kidnapping charges related to the disappearance of Minelys “Mimi” Zoe Rodriguez-Ramirez, whose remains were found about a week after she was reported missing.
Rivera-Sanches — who is expected to be charged with the young mom’s murder following an autopsy — had crossed the southern border illegally and was reportedly trying to run back to Mexico when he was arrested, Georgia Sen. John Albers said.
“The suspected murderer, Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches, an illegal immigrant who had no right to be here, was apprehended in Atlanta as he tried to flee back to Mexico,” the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.
Habersham County Police confirmed to 11Alive that Rivera-Sanches was in the US illegally.
Albers said Rodriguez-Ramirez, who moved to…
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