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Maria Sofia Hernandez

Case from Yakima, WA dated Aug 31, 2022

Victim Details

Maria Sofia Hernandez

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Yakima

WA

2022-08-31

33

Maria

Sofia Hernandez

07/04/2026

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In the late summer of 2022, the life of 33-year-old Maria Sofia Hernandez of Yakima, Washington, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence intended to silence her. On August 31, 2022, Hernandez, a female who was six months pregnant, was murdered alongside 44-year-old Cesar Armando Murillo. Their deaths were not a random act but a calculated execution connected to a sprawling federal drug trafficking investigation. Both Hernandez and Murillo had been interviewed by Homeland Security ag ...
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  • 2 charged with murdering witnesses, burying remains to thwart drug trafficking investigation following HSI San Diego, partner investigation
  • Federal charges in triple Yakima murder case.
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