NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Niagara Falls man has been charged in connection to the discovery of a woman's body behind an abandoned house by police in June.
According to the Niagara County District Attorney's Office, Christopher Colon, 49, has been charged with second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse.
On June 8, an investigation for a missing person was opened by the Niagara Falls Police Department. On June 9, police responded to the 400 block of 22nd street to follow up and found a deceased body.
The victim, 38-year-old Michelle Destefano, was found in a shallow grave behind an abandoned house in Niagara Falls.
Colon was arraigned Wednesday morning and is in the custody of the Niagara County Sheriff's Office pending trial.
