she was -- elda vasquez. according to charging documents, her then 40-year-old boyfriend, victor hernandez cruz, now facing murder and assault charges in connection with her death. cruz and vasquez had been involved in a relationship at the time. a report showed she was granted a protective order against him. that happened just a month before she disappeared. her body was found in the 500 block of benninghaus road last week. charging documents show a detective in her original missing person's case recognized the address of where that man hole was from media reports and then made the connection. the document also spells out that while vasquez's bot -- body was badly depose -- decomposed, investigators were able to i.d. her body. cruz worked at a tgi-fridays. police went to see him yesterday afternoon. according to this website, he allegedly confessed to the killing. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. the search continues in baltimore county this morning for a missing 11-year-old boy. michael ne

without bail. 40-year-old hit victor hernandez cruz faces murder and assault charges in the death of elda vasquez a colombian man told him he strangled his girlfriend before dumping the body. vasquez has been missing since january of last year. one month before the disappearance she was granted a protective order grantedcruz. -- granted a protective order against cruz. eight soldiers in afghanistan were killed at their outpost. taliban forces are behind the attacks. >> the deadly battle came in afghanistan's most hostile mountainous terrain. it is only 20 miles from the pakistan border. some 80 enemy fighters launched a vicious attack with a record propelled grenades and machine guns -- with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. u.s. forces fought back hard. farming the mountainsides with attack helicopters and heavy of to -- artillery. in the end of eight americans were killed. u.s. military officials claim as many as 50 enemy dead. the top commander told the news early -- enemy fighters held the early advantage because they held up high ground against the mountainside. >> to have a lot of

police identified the victim elda vasquez. she was reported missing in january of 2008. according to charging documents, her former boyfriend, victor hernandez cruz is facing murder and assault charges. cruz and vasquez were involved in a relationship at the time and reports show she was granted a protectedive order against cruz just a month before she disappeared. her body was found in a man hole in the 500 block of benninghaus road. the document also spells out that while vasquez's body was badly decomposed, investigators were able to i.d. the body through the work uniform she was wearing and jewelry that she still had on at the time. according to website, investigate yiffer voice, cruz works at a tgi-fridays in baltimore county. police detectives went to that restaurant sunday afternoon and he allegedly confessed to the killing. right now cruz is being held without bail. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. a baltimore rabbi convicted of sexually molesting a woman half his age is now accused. more inappropriate sexual behavior this morni

charging documents identify the woman as 28-year-old elda vasquez, reported missing back in january of 2008. the missing persons release says she was last seen being dropped off by a taxi one from one of her two jobs. back then this is what police had to say >> her roommates say she never came home that night so somewhere between being dropped off by the cab and entering the apartment she never made it. >> according to charging documents vasquez's then boyfriend victor cruz has been charged with murder. the report shows vasquez was granted a protective order against cruz as she told investigators he "grabbed her, struck her in the head and attempted to drab her into the woods." she also told investigators then that cruz was stalking her and had threatened to kill her. less than two months later she was reported missing. charging documents also say a detective from cruz's missing person's case in howard county recognized the address from the media reports and made a connection. the document also spells out that while vasquez's body was badly decomposed, investigators were able to i.d. t

. >> according to court documents, the body found here are those of 28-year-old elda vasquez. the missing persons release said she was last seen being dropped off by a taxi from one of her job. >> her roommate said she never came home that night. so somewhere between being dropped off by the cab and entering the apartment she never made it. 40-year-old victor cruz has been arrested and charged with first and second degree murder and assault. court documents show that back in december of 2007, vazquez sought and was granted a protective order against cruz after he grabbed her struck her and attempted to drag her into the woods. she said cruz stalked her and had threaten to kill her. less than two months later she was missing. >> it is tragic. i hope it was a horrible accident. >> while residents were shocked, it was the neighborhood itself that may have helped this case. according to charging documents, it was detect yiffles who recognized the address from media reports and made a connection. the document spells out that while the body was badly did he composed, investigators w

. >> reporter: elda vasquez was strangled to death. her body dumped down a manhole. found on friday, she was last seen in january of 2008. her boyfriend, victor cruz, was suspected at the time. but with no body was never charged. that changed this weekend. >> detectives got a verbal confession out of him, admitting that he did kill ms. vasquez. and at this point now, he's in central booking, where he's facing charges of first-degree murder. >> to understand how this case was solved, you actually have to back up 21 months. a howard county detective was within feet of vasquez's body but didn't know about it. he was here in this neighborhood to interview her boyfriend, victor cruz. he lived right there. the detective came with a search warrant, searched the house, but couldn't come up with enough information to yield an arrest. and the case went cold. that is, until saturday. that detective, tom lawwas reading the newspaper. in it, he saw a picture around the manhole cover. he recognized the neighborhood as that of the boyfriend. he quickly grand his case file and calle

elda novasco. cruz is now facing murder and assault charges. police say he was dating vasquez at the time of her death. >>> baltimore county police are investigating an accident that took the life of baltimore sun business editor tim wheatley. wheatley was making a left turn monday morning, near his hereford home when a ups truck hit the side of the home. his 9-year-old daughter who was in the front seat is hospitalized in serious condition. >>> flee american -- three americans are sharing the prize, including one in baltimore. she is a female professor at johns hopkins school of medicine. andrea jugehe has more on their excitement. . >> reporter: it is a very complicated scientific process. so we'll try to explain this in laymen's terms. basically, the three scientists figured out a way to stop cancer cells from growing. they helped discover a key mechanism in the genetic operation of cells. greider is a professor at hopkins university school of medicine. this is the first time two women shared the prize at one time. greider learned of her win at 5:00 a.m. this morning and li