New trial date for man accused of hiding body of Antioch woman

A Lake County judge set a new trial date for the man accused of hiding the dead body of a 37-year-old Antioch woman in a garbage container.

Meanwhile, prosecutors are attempting to bring Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, who is being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to the Waukegan courtroom for a detention hearing.

He was picked up by ICE agents while he was on pretrial release.

Judge Victoria Rossetti Thursday moved the trial date from Nov. 10 to Jan. 26. A status hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday.

Mendoza-Gonzalez is charged with concealment of a death, abuse of a corpse, obstructing justice and concealment of a homicidal death in connection with the death of Megan Bos. The latter charge was recently added.

Mendoza-Gonzalez was charged following a near monthlong investigation into Bos’ disappearance.

Police said Bos was reported missing in March. On April 10, Mendoza-Gonzalez met with detectives and said Bos visited his Waukegan home Feb. 19 but left afterward, officials said.

When pressed on his statements, he admitted her body was in a container in his yard on Yeoman Street, authorities said.

Mendoza-Gonzalez told police Bos used drugs then appeared to overdose in his basement, authorities said. He told investigators he was afraid of getting in trouble, so he kept her body in his basement for a few days before moving it to the container, according to police.