WAUKEGAN, Ill. – A Waukegan, Illinois, man has been arrested and charged after the body of a missing Antioch woman was found in a container on his property.

On Sunday, March 9, 37-year-old Megan Bos was reported missing from Antioch. Bos was known to spend time in Waukegan and the Antioch Police Department began their investigation, working with other agencies including the Waukegan Police Department to help find her.

On Thursday, April 10, authorities went to a Waukegan business to question 52-year-old Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, a person of interest who had frequent contacts with Bos. Mendoza-Gonzalez spoke Spanish and a Waukegan police officer provided translation.

During the conversation, Mendoza-Gonzalez started talking about Bos coming to his house on Wednesday, Feb. 19, but he initially said she left after her visit. After talking about her whereabouts and whether or not she was still alive, Mendoza-Gonzalez said he did not want to be arrested at the store but did not say why, according to investigators.

Police said Mendoza-Gonzalez was then taken to the Waukegan Police Department where their conversation continued. He told detectives that Bos was in a container in his yard, located in the 700 block of Yeoman Street in Waukegan. Mendoza-Gonzalez’s home was then secured and detectives obtained a search warrant for the property.

Further into the interview, detectives said Mendoza-Gonzalez told them that Bos came over to his home on Feb. 19 and visited with him. At some point, Bos snorted some drugs, but Mendoza-Gonzalez stated he did not know what type of drug it was.

Bos then reportedly asked if she could hang out in Mendoza-Gonzalez’s basement, which he obliged while he went to another part of the house to fix a leaky pipe. When he returned, he allegedly found Bos dead, believing she had overdosed, according to police.

Mendoza-Gonzalez told detectives he was afraid he was going to be in trouble, so he left her in the basement for a few days before moving her to a container in his yard, where she remained until detectives found her on Thursday, April 10.

According to investigators, Mendoza-Gonzalez said on the night of the alleged overdose, he broke Bos’s phone and threw it in the trash. When asked what he planned on doing with her, he said he did not know.

Detectives took Bos’s body to the Lake County Coroner’s Office where an autopsy was performed on Friday, April 11.

The coroner’s office said there were no signs of any trauma to her body, nor were there any signs of a struggle.

Meanwhile, Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged with two counts of concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse and obstructing justice. He appeared in court for the first time on Saturday, April 12.

The investigation remains ongoing and detectives are waiting for further results from the laboratory, including a toxicology report.