PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Officials are searching for a man accused of killing then burying his ex-girlfriend's body inside a shallow grave in the Northeast last month.
Geovanni Otero, 29, also known as "Gozer," is wanted for the murder of 29-year-old Melody Rivera. The two were last seen on Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. on Sanger Street.
Rivera was reported missing the next day. Her family said they looked for her for six days before police found her body inside a shallow grave in a part of Champions Park Playground in Fox Chase.
Otero has black hair, a beard and mustache. He is about 5-foot-10 and has tattoos on his arms and neck.
His last known address is along the 5800 block of North Park Avenue in the Fern Rock section of the city.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the U.S. Marshals Office Communications Center at 800-366-0102. Tips can also be called in at 1-866-865-TIPS (8477).