Man charged in abduction, rape, and murder of teen girl who was taken from front yard while waiting for school bus
A man was, on Monday, formally charged with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar from North Carolina. The teenager was reportedly abducted from a yard on November 5 where she was waiting for her school bus. According to court records online, 34-year-old Michael Ray McLellan has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree forcible rape, statutory rape of a person under 15 years of age or younger, first-degree sexual offense, statutory sex offense with a person 15 years or younger, first-degree kidnapping, felony larceny, felony restraint, abduction of child and concealment of a death.
PEOPLE reported that investigators from the FBI and the Lumberton Police Department have stated that DNA evidence that was recovered from the teen's remains, which were discovered on November 27 in a remote area of Lumberton, North Carolina, led them to McLellan. The man was in police custody already since November 13 on unrelated charges.
