{"id":108062,"date":"2024-12-04T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/us-marshals-hunt-for-man-suspected-of-killing-woman-burying-body-in-shallow-grave\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:03:34","slug":"us-marshals-hunt-for-man-suspected-of-killing-woman-burying-body-in-shallow-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/us-marshals-hunt-for-man-suspected-of-killing-woman-burying-body-in-shallow-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"US Marshals hunt for man suspected of killing woman, burying body in shallow grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-04\/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-12-04T080704.560.png\" alt><figcaption>Karl Merton Ferron\/Baltimore Sun Staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(PHILADELPHIA) &#8212; U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for a man they say killed a 29-year-old woman and then buried her body in a shallow grave, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public\u2019s assistance in locating 29-year-old Geovanni Otero, who authorities say a warrant for murder out for his arrest, according to a statement from the U.S. Marshals on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn November 27, a warrant murder and related charges was issued by the Philadelphia Police Department and Otero is also wanted for violation of his Pennsylvania State Parole. Otetro is charged with killing 29-year-old Melody Rivera in early November,\u201d the U.S. Marshals said. \u201cHer body was found in a shallow grave in the 900 block of Tustin Road in Philadelphia\u2019s Fox Chase section of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otero is approximately 5-foot-10 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds, officials said. He has black hair, brown eyes and tattoos covering the top of both hands as well as a tattoo of a dagger behind his left ear, police said. His last known address was in the 5800 block of N. Park Avenue in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to Otero\u2019s arrest and authorities say the reward will be \u201cprocessed immediately upon arrest and not upon conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeovanni Otero is officially charged with the homicide of Melody Rivera. We are hoping the public can provide information that will assit us in removing this lifelong criminal from society,\u201d said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshals Service Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force is the lead investigative agency tasked with apprehending Otero for the murder and state parole warrants.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is currently ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Merton Ferron\/Baltimore Sun Staff (PHILADELPHIA) &#8212; U.S. Marshals are on the hunt for a man they say killed a 29-year-old woman and then buried her body in a shallow grave, according to authorities. The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public\u2019s<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/us-marshals-hunt-for-man-suspected-of-killing-woman-burying-body-in-shallow-grave\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}