UPDATE — 2/27/26 at 5:45 p.m. ET: A medical examiner in Nashville, Tennessee, has positively identified the body found in a crawl space of a Jackson home on Sunday, February 22, as 31-year-old Mirna Ortez Moncada, police announced.
An autopsy confirmed that Moncada was killed, the Jackson Police Department said in a Thursday, February 26, news release.
Authorities have identified 24-year-old Jose Fabricio Martinez Cruz as a “person of interest” in the case, according to police.
Investigators said they want to speak with him, police said.
The Jackson Police Department encourages anyone with inf...
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