Cesar Santana, 36, appeared in court on Wednesday where he faced charges in the death of Luz Hernandez, 33, a kindergarten teacher at a Jersey City charter school.
Days before the body of a New Jersey teacher was found in a shallow grave, authorities impounded a car linked to her former partner that had a pickax, a shovel.
The killing of Luz Hernandez was being investigated as a domestic violence case, the Hudson County prosecutor said. A second Jersey City man was still a fugitive in connection with the victim's burial.
The estranged husband of Luz Hernandez, a Jersey City kindergarten teacher who was found dead and buried in a shallow grave, has been charged with her death.