Suspect charged with 'dismembering,' killing missing Rowan County teenager
05/09/2019 7:21 am PDT
via WGHP
ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) -- The search for a missing teenager turned into a homicide investigation and an arrest, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office says 19-year-old Michael Elijah Earley went missing after he was last seen at about 10 p.m. Sunday.
His girlfriend reported him missing at about 9:40 p.m. the next day.
On Wednesday, however, new details in the investigation turned the missing person case into a homicide as deputies began to unravel the events after Earley's disappearance.
RCSO reports Carlos Rosas Jr., 19, was arrested and charged with murder and felony concealment of a death.
According to WBTV, arrest warrants state that Rosas is accused of “willfully dismembering and destroying human remains.”
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