Suspect In Jersey City Nanny Murder Here Illegally: ICE

JERSEY CITY, NJ — The man accused of raping and killing a nanny while she was out jogging in Lincoln Park in Jersey City last week is in this country illegally, and has been deported twice before, an ICE spokesman confirmed to Patch.

Jorge Rios, 33, is from Hondorus and was deported from the U.S. in 2003 and 2004.

Carolina Cano, 45, was the victim of a brutal rape and drowning, allegedly at the hands of Rios. She had gone jogging at about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 24 in Lincoln Park, but her roommates said she never came home. Rios is accused of kidnapping her, sexually assaulting her, strangling her and then throwing her body in the lake.

Shortly after 7:30 a.m. that day, the Hudson County Sheriff's Office received a report of a body found in the lake in the park.

Hudson County Sheriff's Officers and the Jersey City Fire Department helped pull her out. The woman, later identified as Cano, was pronounced dead at approximately 9:30 a.m.

The Regional Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death to be homicidal violence, including strangulation and water submersion.

Rios is currently in the Hudson County jail, but ICE is trying to obtain custody of him, for likely deportation proceedings.

"On March 31, ICE lodged a detainer with the Hudson County Jail on Jorge Alberto Rios-Doblado, a citizen of Honduras illegally present in the U.S., following his recent arrest (in Jersey City)," said ICE spokesman Emilio Dabul. "He was arrested on a variety of criminal charges, including rape, kidnapping, murder and assault with a deadly weapon."

"ICE maintains that cooperation by local law enforcement is an indispensable component of promoting public safety. ICE will seek taking custody of Rios-Doblado at the conclusion of his criminal proceedings, despite limited cooperation in the state," said Dabul, referring to New Jersey's status as a "sanctuary state," a directive from Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Gurbir Grewal limiting how much local law enforcement can work with federal immigration authorities.

"Rios-Doblado had been removed from the country on two prior occasions, in 2003 and 2004," added Dabul.

NBC 4 reported that the woman worked as a nanny and lived in one of the homes near Lincoln Park. The woman told her roommate at 5:30 a.m. that Sunday morning, according to the report, that she was going out for a jog. She never came home. She was found wearing her sneakers when she was pulled from the lake, according to NBC 4.

Other eyewitnesses said they saw her jogging around the lake that Sunday morning. She reportedly had to work on Sunday and that's why she was up early exercising. Cano is originally from Peru and worked as a nanny for a family in Passaic County, according to NBC4.

"She was a working woman, a good woman," her roommate told the station. "She didn't bother anyone. She was a woman that was always with God, that's how she lived. She was really a beautiful woman. She had a very beautiful heart."

Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari — who lives in Secaucus —told joggers to always go with a partner to the park, especially during the early morning and late night hours, and to take their earphones out so they are more aware of their surroundings.

Rios is currently in the Hudson County jail and will face a judge on Thursday.

Ongoing Patch reporting in Caroline Cano's murder:

Arrest Made In NJ Jogger's Rape, Drowning And Murder: Prosecutors

Jersey City Woman Last Seen Jogging Around Lake Before Her Murder