Prosecutors charged a Wyoming, Michigan man with murder Monday after being extradited from Mexico.
44-year-old Yenly Garcia is accused of shooting 33-year-old Plainfield Township resident Mollie Schmidt back in August.
Garcia had been on the lam for nearly three weeks until the Wyoming Police Department in coordination with the United States Marshals Service, and Mexican authorities were able to find and arrest him just outside of Mexico City on September 9th.
After going missing on August 21st, authorities say they found the body of Schmidt in Garcia’s apartment around 10 days later. Officials say, the two did have a previous relationship.
According to court documents, Garcia called family members while on the run and said “If I killed her or not, who cares, that’s my problem,”
On Monday a judge denied bond, as Garcia faces murder charges in her death, Garcia pleaded not guilty on Monday.
The woman left behind 5 children.
