2 charged with dumping Camden County woman's body
New Jersey State Police on Friday announced that they had arrested two men in connection with the dumping of a 19-year-old Camden County woman's body in rural South Jersey.
New Jersey State Police on Friday announced that they had arrested two men in connection with the dumping of a 19-year-old Camden County woman's body in rural South Jersey.
Jose Sosa-Ayala, 40, and Jose Felix-Sosa, 45, both of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, were arrested Thursday, police said.
Tree-service workers found the body of Danyelle Minerva about 1:45 p.m. Jan. 11 in a wooded area along Woodstown-Alloway Road in Alloway Township, Salem County. She had been reported missing by family members in October.
Investigators determined that Sosa-Ayala had brought the Atco woman to his home in October, and that she died there, state police said.
Sosa-Ayala and Felix-Sosa discovered the young woman to be dead. Asked when the men found Minerva dead, Trooper Alina Spies said the case was still under investigation.
The cause and manner of Minerva's death have yet to be determined, but there were no obvious signs of trauma, authorities said.
Spies said police do not know whether Sosa-Ayala and Felix-Sosa are related.
Sosa-Ayala allegedly carried Minerva's body out of his house, placed it in his 2005 Toyota Tundra, and left it in the wooded area, police said.
Both men were charged with conspiracy, desecration of human remains, and endangering the welfare of a victim. They were in custody at the Salem County Jail. Bail was set at $600,000 for Sosa-Ayala and $500,000 for Felix-Sosa.
Dan Minerva, 20, Minerva's brother, told NJ.com in January that he and his sister were toddlers when their father died and that their mother died a year and a half ago.
He said his sister graduated from Hammonton High School in 2014, and had moved in with a boyfriend in Williamstown. But last fall, the couple had a "disagreement," he said.
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