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Man Charged With Murder After 18-Year-Old He'd Dated Is Found Dead In Bed Of His Truck
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Suceli Perez's uncle suggested that the Tennessee man had lured the teen to his home by claiming to be sick.
A Tennessee man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly killing an 18-year-old and going on the run, the Knoxville Police Department announced.
Juan Carlos Diaz Perez, 20, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Suceli Perez, whose body was found in the bed of his truck, according to a press release.
Investigation began Monday when police said they received a report that a man had “gravely injured his girlfriend” at a home. Officers who arrived at the residence found “evidence of a potentially deadly assault,” but neither the victim nor the suspect was there, the press release said.
According to police, Diaz Perez fled the scene in his white pickup truck, which was later found with Perez’s body but without Diaz Perez. Preliminary investigation indicated that she died of blunt force trauma.
U.S. Marshals then located Diaz Perez at a local quarry, and he was taken into custody.