WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — The search for missing Wyoming mother Ana Marie Carrillo is over.
Wyoming police said Thursday afternoon they found Carrillo’s body in an undisclosed location, although not in the area they were searching in the past 24 hours, which included the Millennium Park and Johnson Park areas.
Capt. Kim Koster also told 24 Hour News 8 that a woman’s body found near Plaster Creek was also not Carrillo.
Carrillo relatives in court for Andrew Hudson’s preliminary hearing hugged one another upon hearing the developments. The announcement came moments after Hudson, who is charged with Carrillo’s murder, waived the rest of his hearing, sending the case to circuit court.
“For us it brings closure to the family, certainly. And this is something we committed to from the very beginning, to do whatever we can do to bring Ana’s body home,” said Wyoming Police Chief James Carmody.
Carrillo had been missing since Sept. 3. Investigators believe her ex-boyfriend Andrew Hudson lured her to his home under the pretense of picking up her children, even though they were not there. Investigators have not said how they believe Carrillo died.
A source told 24 Hour News 8 that Hudson was also at that scene of Wednesday’s hourslong search after his preliminary hearing was adjourned so his defense team could meet with prosecutors for plea negotiations.
“Is he leading us on a wild goose chase? What does he really know? I’d like to know and my family would like to know,” Ana Carrillo’s uncle, Joe Carrillo, said earlier in the day Thursday.
Joe Carrillo said the situation has been difficult to explain to Ana’s children, but the family is trying to take it one day at a time.
“I’m hoping for the best today, that we will be able to find her and be able to lay her to rest and let the judicial system take its course,” he said before the announcement came.
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>>Photos: November 2017 search for Ana Carrillo