A suspect is behind bars in the slaying of a woman whose body was found hours after she had been reported missing.
Tremayne Dawon King, 34, is charged with murder in the killing of 27-year-old Maria Juan.
Court records made public Wednesday said Juan died of blunt force trauma and/or strangulation.
King was booked int the Jefferson County Jail at 6:34 p.m. Tuesday and remains held without ond.
Juan was last seen about 8 p.m. Thursday on Birmingham’s Southside.
Special Victims Unit detectives launched an investigation Friday morning after family reported she had not been seen or heard from since then.
Then, about 3:30 p.m. Friday, South Precinct officers were called out to do a welfare check at the Hillside apartment complex at 1521 17th Street South in Glen Iris.
Officers arrived at the complex, entered an apartment and found Juan unresponsive. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced her dead on the scene.
During the investigation, officers learned about some of the people Juan was with Thursday night, which led North Precinct officers to detain a man Friday in downtown Birmingham.
King is reportedly a former romantic partner of Juan, police said. Fitzgerald said family members provided the suspect’s name.
