WYOMING, Mich. — A Wyoming man believed to be involved in the killing of a Plainfield Township woman in early September has been taken to jail in Kent County, the Wyoming Police Department says.
Police say Yenly Garcia, 44, was arrested in central Mexico, just outside Mexico City on Sept. 9. The Wyoming Police Department in coordination with the United States Marshals Service, and Mexican authorities were able to find and arrest Garcia.
Garcia was extradited from Mexico and booked at Kent County Jail on Friday, where he now faces charges.
Police believe Garcia is connected to the death of 33-year-old Mollie Schmidt, who was last seen Sunday, Aug. 21 at her home near the East Beltline and 5 Mile Road NE.
After executing a search warrant at Garcia's apartment on the 1500 block of 44th St. SW on Aug. 30, police found Mollie's body, dead from a gunshot wound.
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