According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, the victim of last Thursday’s murder investigation has been identified as 36 year old Yolanda Cruz, of Cartersville. Cruz died as a result of multiple stab wounds and was discovered to have been pregnant at the time of her death. Investigators arrested 39 year old Tiburcio Santana, also of Cartersville, after the incident and charged him with murder. Santana has now also been charged with feticide in the death of the unborn child.
Sheriff Millsap states that the offender was a neighbor with the victim and that there were no reported prior incidents at either home with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office. Santana remains incarcerated in the Bartow County Jail pending a superior court bond hearing on these charges. He is also being held on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement charge.