The man accused of killing a Jersey City kindergarten teacher appeared in court on Monday.
Cesar Santana is facing murder charges in the death of Luz Hernandez.
Hernandez’s body was found last year in a shallow grave in Kearny. An autopsy revealed that she was strangled and suffered blunt force trauma to her head.
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Santana was arrested three days after Hernandez’s body was found.
Hernandez was the mother of Santana’s three children.