Hania Aguilar

‘Hispanics live there, they have money & drugs’: Suspected murderer targeted slain girl Hania Aguilar’s neighborhood before kidnapping, raping & killing her [Report]

 ‘Hispanics live there, they have money & drugs’: Suspected murderer targeted slain girl Hania Aguilar’s neighborhood before kidnapping, raping & killing her [Report]
Violent Crime

Hania Aguilar, a North Carolina teen abducted and killed last year, likely died due to suffocation, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. Unsealed court documents released the following day provided grim details on how the suspected killer targeted Hania’s neighborhood before zeroing in on her. ABC 11 Durham reports the autopsy indicated 13-year-old Hania’s …

Update: Two deputies suspended for botching 2016 rape case linked to suspect accused of killing, raping Hania Aguilar [Police]
Sex Offenders
December 21, 2018

Update: Two deputies suspended for botching 2016 rape case linked to suspect accused of killing, raping Hania Aguilar [Police]

Two Robeson County, North Carolina, deputies have been suspended following an investigation into a 2016 rape case left stagnant. The suspect in the case is the same man accused of raping and killing Hania Aguilar in November. The Robesonian reports that the suspensions took place after an internal investigation began with the Robeson County Sheriff’s …

Internal Affairs to investigate why police didn’t arrest accused Hania Aguilar killer for 2016 rape he’s been linked to [Prosecutor]
Violent Crime
December 13, 2018

Internal Affairs to investigate why police didn’t arrest accused Hania Aguilar killer for 2016 rape he’s been linked to [Prosecutor]

Sheriff Burnis Wilkins of Lumberton, North Carolina, has started an internal affairs investigation following the death of teen Hania Aguilar, to determine if the correct protocol was taken for a reported 2016 rape, which has now been linked to the man accused of raping and killing Hania. The Robesonian reports that Wilkins announced during a …

Hania Aguilar Update: Police overlooked evidence in 2016 rape that would have put suspected killer behind bars before he raped, killed teen girl [Prosecutor]
Murder
December 12, 2018

Hania Aguilar Update: Police overlooked evidence in 2016 rape that would have put suspected killer behind bars before he raped, killed teen girl [Prosecutor]

North Carolina authorities apparently didn’t follow up with evidence left behind after a woman was raped in 2016, which could have put the man accused of killing teen girl Hania Aguilar behind bars, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. The News & Observer reports that Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt said authorities let evidence “slip through …

Hania Aguilar Update: Suspect accused of killing teen girl also charged with unsolved 2016 rape after DNA evidence links him to both cases [Prosecutor]
December 11, 2018

Hania Aguilar Update: Suspect accused of killing teen girl also charged with unsolved 2016 rape after DNA evidence links him to both cases [Prosecutor]

A North Carolina man accused of abducting and killing 13-year-old Hania Aguilar is also facing charges for a 2016 rape case that was previously unsolved, a prosecutor announced Monday. ABC11 reports that Michael McLellan, 34, appeared in court Monday to face charges in connection with the abduction and death of Hania, as well as unrelated charges …

Community helps Hania Aguilar’s family move out of mobile home in dangerous area to bigger, safer residence: Report
December 6, 2018

Community helps Hania Aguilar’s family move out of mobile home in dangerous area to bigger, safer residence: Report

Members of the Lumberton, North Carolina, community have rallied around the family of slain teen girl, Hania Aguilar, and with the help of a local real estate agency, assisted them in obtaining a safer, more spacious home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 13-year-old Hania Aguilar disappeared from her the front driveway of her family’s single-wide mobile …

Hania Aguilar’s dad denied temporary entry into U.S. to attend her funeral: Report
December 6, 2018

Hania Aguilar’s dad denied temporary entry into U.S. to attend her funeral: Report

Despite a petition signed by thousands of people online urging the U.S. government to allow slain girl Hania Aguilar’s father to gain temporary access into the country to attend her funeral, the request has been denied. “They said he doesn’t have enough ties to the country to issue him a temporary visa to go to …

FBI offers $25K while searching for killer of teen girl Hania Aguilar, ‘crime drop boxes’ set up for tips: Report
Violent Crime
December 5, 2018

FBI offers $25K while searching for killer of teen girl Hania Aguilar, ‘crime drop boxes’ set up for tips: Report

The FBI announced a $25,000 reward to anyone who provides valid information that leads to the party responsible for killing North Carolina teen, Hania Aguilar, who was found murdered close to a month after she disappeared. FOX News reports that several “crime drop boxes” have been placed in areas around Lumbertown, North Carolina, giving people …

Hania Aguilar Update: Profiler says killer was likely from the area and possibly knew slain girl, urges public to look closer at surveillance footage
Unsolved
December 1, 2018

Hania Aguilar Update: Profiler says killer was likely from the area and possibly knew slain girl, urges public to look closer at surveillance footage

Earlier this week, authorities found the body of 13-year-old North Carolina girl, Hania Aguilar. While the search continues for the teen’s killer, a criminal profiler provided tips about the elusive suspect. Hania was standing in the driveway of her family home in Lumberton, North Carolina, at the Rosewood Mobile Home Park, when a strange man wearing …