Man charged with murder of woman, son in Riley County

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MANHATTAN, Kan. | An Ogden, Kan., resident has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her toddler son, whose bodies were found last week in rural Riley County.

Riley County Police Department director Bradley Schoen said Monday that 22-year-old Luis Antonio Aguirre is being held in jail in Austin, Texas, on $2.5 million bond.

Schoen identified the victims as 18-year-old Tanya Carmen Lydia Maldonado and her 15-month-old son, Juan Luis Maldonado. Their last known address was in Chicago.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Schoen says the Maldonado had a relationship with Aguirre, who apparently fled to Texas after the deaths.

A hunter discovered the bodies Oct. 25 in shallow graves in a field northeast of Ogden.

A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Texas to extradite Aguirre to Kansas.

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Information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com

Posted on Mon, Nov. 02, 2009 02:12 PM

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