EAST ORANGE MAN INDICTED IN THE JULY 2021 MURDER OF HIS CHILD'S MOTHER
" Tyler Rios Of East Orange, New Jersey, Indicted For Murder, Kidnapping & Violation Of A Domestic Violence Restraining Order In Connection With The Death Of Yasemin Uyar."
October 1, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
ELIZABETH, NJ.- On Thursday, September 30, 2021 Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Union County, New Jersey has returned a Six Count Indictment against a man charged with Killing his former girlfriend and Kidnapping their minor child.
Tyler Rios, 27 of East Orange, New Jersey has been Indicted on the Charges of One Count of First Degree Murder; One Count of First Degree Kidnapping; One Count each of Desecrating Human Remains; Endangering the Welfare of a Child; Contempt by Violating a Domestic Violence Restraining Order; and Theft in connection with the Kidnapping of his Son and Murder of the Child’s Mother, Yasemin Uyar, 24, of Rahway, New Jersey. The indictment alleges that on July 8, 2021, Mr. Rios Kidnapped their child, Sebastian Rios and Murdered Ms. Uyar.
The July incident that resulted in a widely broadcasted Amber Alert launched a Multi-State Investigation which led to the recovery of the Child and the discovery of Ms. Uyar’s Body in wooded area alongside a Tennessee Interstate Highway.
An investigation led by The Union County Prosecutor’s Office and assisted by Members of The FBI’s Newark Field Office and Satellite Offices, The New Jersey State Police, and The Rahway Police Department, led to Mr. Rios being identified as a suspect in the case after Sebastian Rios did not show up for daycare on July 9, 2021 and Ms. Uyar did not arrive for scheduled work shifts, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Grady, who is prosecuting the case. A welfare check was conducted on Ms. Uyar’s home by Members of The Rahway Police Department, but no one was found inside, Grady said.
Through the tireless efforts of The Union County Prosecutor’s Office and The other Law Enforcement Agencies, as well as a result of the extraordinary assistance from the Putnam County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office, Sebastian Rios was found unharmed in Monterey, Tennessee on July 10, 2021 when Tyler Rios was taken into custody without incident. Later in the day, investigators located Ms. Uyar’s body in a wooded area nearby, off of Tennessee Interstate 40.
Autopsy results on Ms. Uyar revealed that her death resulted from strangulation and blunt force trauma.
Mr. Rios was extradited back to New Jersey on July 16, 2021 and remains housed in The Essex County Jail pending an October 12, 2021 post-indictment arraignment before the Honorable John M. Deitch of The Union County Superior Court.
“We are grateful for the collaboration with the many Local and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies who assisted our Office in not only apprehending Mr. Rios, but also in safely recovering Sebastian Rios, locating Ms. Uyar’s remains and bringing them both home to their family” Prosecutor Daniel said. “And we hope that this can bring some small measure of comfort to all those grieving Yasemin.”
" The Rules Of The Court Require Us To Include A Statement, Which States: The Charges Outlined In This Publication Are Merely Accusations And The Defendant And Or Defendants Are Presumed Innocent Unless And Until Proven Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt."
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