GBI: Arrest in death of missing woman Cornelia

An arrest was made after the death of a Cornelia woman. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Angel DeJesus Rivera-Sanches, 24, of Cornelia, is charged with murder in connection with the death of Minelys Rodriguez.

On Monday, October 28, GBI agents arrested Rivera-Sanches in Atlanta on charges of kidnapping in connection with Rodriguez's disappearance. He was taken to the Habersham County Detention Center and charged with kidnapping.

The Habersham County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the GBI on Friday, October 25th.

According to police, the 25-year-old missing Cornelia woman was found dead on Furniture Drive, a street parallel to the Cornelia Walmart – Rodriguez's last known location.

According to the GBI report, the remains were taken to the GBI medical examiner's office where a medical examiner will perform an autopsy.

Disappeared from Walmart

Rodriguez was reported missing on Oct. 22 after she went to Walmart to sell a photo to someone, her mother told Now Habersham. She never saw her daughter again.

Her last known communication was with her fiancé, Julio Tovor, who said he received a text message from her around 9:30 that evening. He had sent a text message to Minelys before he went to sleep.

When Tovor woke up the next morning, he said she still wasn't home. He said he felt something was wrong and called Rodriguez's mother, Carmen Ramirez, to see if she had heard from Minelys, better known to her family and friends as “Mimi.”

“I’m waiting for the brother to pick him up,” the message said. Those were the last words Tovor received in a text message from Rodriguez's phone.

“It didn't make any sense. She doesn’t talk like that,” he told Now Habersham a few days after his fiancée’s disappearance.

A spokesman for the Habersham County Sheriff's Office said there is no threat to public safety. According to the GBI, the investigation into Rodriguez's murder remains “active and ongoing.”

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the GBI at 800-597-8477, use the See Something, Send Something mobile app or submit tips online.