CLAIRTON, Pa. —
Police arrested the boyfriend of a 32-year-old Clairton woman whose been missing since last March.
On Wednesday, officials extradited 36-year-old James Hilson, of Clairton, from Georgia on an unrelated warrant.
Hilson was charged Thursday with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse.
The remains of Melissa Galiyas were recovered from a shallow grave on a hillside off Vankirk Street in Clairton on Dec. 22.
Galiyas was the cousin of 22-year-old Amanda Lynn Faux, whose body was found Sunday in a Dumpster.
Police arrested Faux’s boyfriend in the case. Police have not said if the two cases are related.
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