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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Woman charged with concealing death after teen's body found in her DeKalb apartment
A second person has been charged in connection with the death of a teenage girl found in a Doraville apartment earlier this month. According to a police report, Angelina Vargas-Lagunes, 16, was staying at a friend's apartment on Winters Park Drive when another woman who lived at the home found her unresponsive on the couch. She was pronounced dead a few hours later. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police identified Anika Corpuz, 46, as the woman allowing Vargas-Lagunes to stay with her. When police spoke with Corpuz, they saw her get into a car in the parking lot of the apartment complex. When they searched her, they found a 'crystallized rock substance' that was later identified as methamphetamine. She told police she had just given the person in the car $90 for it. Corpuz is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail on charges of concealing a death and possession of methamphetamine. TRENDING STORIES: Caregiver accused of buying Shein outfits, paying bills with Alzheimer's patient's credit card Man pretending to make DoorDash delivery tries breaking into woman's apartment Mom pleads guilty to killing young daughter, leaving her remains in DeKalb apartment for months She had outstanding warrants in three other jurisdictions. She was wanted in Cherokee County for a probation violation on a drug offense, in Sandy Springs for failure to appear for disorderly conduct and in DeKalb County for theft by shoplifting. Investigators found two white drug tablets labeled TEVA 5517 near Vargas-Lagunes' body. Pedro Zalazar-Chilel has since been charged with malice murder, concealing a body, providing alcohol to a minor and other drug charges. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
Teenage girl found dead in friend's DeKalb apartment; man charged with murder
Doraville police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl found on the couch in her friend's apartment. According to a police report, Angelina Vargas-Lagunes was staying at a friend's apartment on Winters Park Drive when another woman who lived at the home found her unresponsive on the couch. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] When she couldn't wake Vargas-Lagunes up, she called 911 on Saturday afternoon. The teenager was pronounced dead a few hours later. Investigators found two white drug tablets labeled TEVA 5517 and took them into evidence. Her cause of death has not been released. Pedro Zalazar-Chilel has since been charged with malice murder, concealing a body, providing alcohol to a minor and other drug charges. TRENDING STORIES: North Georgia school staff member fired after writing racial slur on the board Convicted killer mistakenly released from Clayton County Jail President Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports Investigators have not commented on how Zalazar-Chilel is connected to Vargas-Lagunes' death. He is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
