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Pregnant teen, 18, found dead in Florida 1,400 miles from home after five weeks missing as ‘kidnapper’ shot by cops
Nov 27, 2020
A PREGNANT teenager who vanished from her home in Massachusetts five weeks ago has been found dead 1,400 miles from home in a field in Florida.
The body of Jalajhia Finklea, 18, was found three weeks after the man suspected of abducting her was shot dead in a stand off with US Marshals in a McDonald's parking lot.
Finklea was last seen getting into the car of a suspect identified as Luis Zaragoza, 37, on October 20 near her home in New Bedford - the night before her 18th birthday.
On Wednesday, Finklea's body was found 1,400 miles away from home in a field off of Route 95 in Fellsmere, Florida.
Cops suspect the teenager's death was the result of homicide, according to a statement from the Bristol District Attorney’s Office.
Finklea was five months pregnant and vanished during a two-day medical procedure, the Boston Globe reports.
Surveillance cameras captured Finklea leaving her house without any bags and wearing slippers.
After the teen's disappearance, cops in Massachusetts obtained an arrest warrant for Zaragoza, charging him with kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle, lawyers said.
But the suspect, also known as Luis Barboza, was shot dead earlier this month as cops tried to arrest him.
I could tell you that she’s strong, that she always wanted everyone in her circle to win." Geana Fonseca Friend of Finklea
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