BALTIMORE -- Police in Maryland say a pregnant teacher who was missing for more than a week has been found dead in a shallow grave, and her boyfriend is charged with her slaying.
Montgomery County police Chief Thomas Manger said at a news conference that investigators found the body of Laura Wallen in a shallow grave in Damascus, about 38 miles west of Washington on Wednesday.
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Manger says Wallen's boyfriend, Tyler Tessier, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with murder in her death.
Wallen was a teacher at a high school in neighboring Howard County. She didn't show up for the first day of school on Sept. 5.
At a news conference Monday, Tessier was holding hands with Wallen's parents and fought back tears.
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