What to Know
- A 19-year-old woman was found dead in a New Jersey parking garage early Saturday morning, prosecutors say
- A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter in connection with her death
- Prosecutors say an autopsy determined her cause of death was "compression injuries to her neck"
A New Jersey man was arrested after a 19-year-old woman was found dead in a parking garage early Saturday morning, prosecutors say.
Francis Victoria Garcia was found in a car parked in a parking garage on Prospect Avenue, near Beech Street, in Hackensack around 2 a.m., the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.
Police arrested 21-year-old Michael Gaffney, of Maywood, in connection with Garcia's death, prosecutors said. He has been charged with reckless manslaughter.
Prosecutors say an autopsy determined Garcia's cause of death was "compression injuries to her neck."
Attorney information for Gaffney was not immediately known.
