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Missing Woman's Body Found

 WUSA Staff     5 years ago
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Police say they have found the body of missing Bethesda woman, Emily Cagal.

Authorities announced late Tuesday night that the body was discovered in the 4500 block of Melwood Road in Upper Marlboro.

No other details have been released.

Meanwhile, the man accused of murdering the exotic dancer is being ordered held without bond. According to court documents, Antoine Gatewood was caught by a security camera at Emily Cagal's apartment building in Bethesda on March 2nd, the day she vanished.

Gatewood and another man were later seen carrying a large wicker footlocker from the building, and investigators believe the young woman's body was inside.

Gatewood is described in court documents as Cagal's ex-boyfriend and bodyguard.

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