What happened to Luz Hernandez? Arrest made after missing kindergarten teacher is found dead
John Parsons
Published Feb 06, 2026
The New Jersey Police Division has as of late captured an expected suspect on account of Luz Hernandez, a missing kindergarten educator whose body was viewed as covered in a shallow grave. According to ABC7 New York, the specialists have not uncovered some other data about the individual captured or their connection to the now-expired kindergarten instructor.
The fresh insight about the capture comes after specialists with the Jersey City Police Division did a government assistance check at Luz Hernandez’s home on Tuesday after she neglected to appear for work at Cherished Sanction School on February 6, 2023.
On Thursday, February 9, the Hudson Region Investigator’s Office put out an announcement uncovering that Luz Hernandez’s body was found three miles from her home. She was covered in an apparently shallow grave in the space of Focal Road and Third Road in Kearny.
“The body of a female – later recognized as Luz Hernandez, 33, of Jersey City – was recuperated a brief time frame later and she was articulated dead at the scene at 4:53 p.m. Hernandez was accounted for missing on Monday, February 6, 2023.”
An assertion delivered on the authority page of the Hudson Province Investigator’s Office likewise expressed that Hernandez “died of gruff power injury to the head and compressions to the neck.”
According to media source NJ, the 33-year-old mother-of-three was accepted to have been absent since February 4, 2023. Nonetheless, since they have found her body, police are as of now exploring Luz Hernandez’s demise and have marked it as “dubious.”
Likewise, before the specialists found Hernandez’s body, they found “blood splatters” in her home close to Lafayette Park. As indicated by NJ, Jersey City police fixed the crime location and mentioned help from the Hudson Area Examiner’s Office. Officials likewise uncovered that the discoveries from Hernandez’s home drove them to a desolate region where her body was found.
While addressing CBS, the departed’s brother, Christino Hernandez, shared that Luz had turned into an instructor since she enjoyed being around kids:
“She was dependably cheerful. She cherished kids. She turned into an instructor since she cherished being around kids.”
According to NBC New York, Hernandez’s family was “grief stricken” by the insight about her death. Her sister, Jenny Taveras, expressed that she needs equity for Luz, adding:
“She was a great mother. She was caring, wow. She was a delightful individual. We will miss her to such an extent. I can not talk, it’s extraordinary.”