Suspect in Maria Gomez-Perez case held without bail

Antonio Agustin faces charges in the disappearance of 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez of Gainesville, GA. (Source: Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office)

A bond hearing was held on Wednesday, August 21, in the case against Antonio Agustin-Ailon, the 34-year-old Guatemalan Nationalist accused in the disappearance of Maria Gomez-Perez. Perez was the subject of a two-month-long search after she vanished from her home on May 29.

Augustin appeared with his attorney at the bond hearing and agreed to be held without bail.

The Tuscarawas County Grand Jury handed down a six-count indictment on August 9 for interference with custody, rape, gross sexual imposition, and pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor. On Friday, August 16, he pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Ohio.

His pretrial scheduling conference is set for September 5, at which a trial will be scheduled.

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