Man Charged With Killing 5-Year-Old Who Was Found Dead in a Suitcase 9 Years Ago

Man Charged With Killing 5-Year-Old Who Was Found Dead in a Suitcase 9 Years Ago
Alberto Sierra is escorted from Fitchburg District Court following a hearing in Fitchburg, Mass., on Dec. 24, 2013. John Love/The Sentinel & Enterprise via AP
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WORCESTER, Mass.—Nine years after the body of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver was found in a suitcase beside a Massachusetts highway, the former boyfriend of the child’s mother will be arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in connection with the death, prosecutors said.

Alberto Sierra Jr., 32, is charged with murder and disinterring a body and will be arraigned in Worcester Superior Court, the office of Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said Wednesday. An email seeking comment was left with Sierra’s attorney.