Georgia tourist slain in Puerto Rico

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Georgia tourist slain in Puerto Rico

Photos of Sara Kuszak, of Savannah, who was killed while vacationing in Puerto Rico.

Sara Kuszak, of Savannah, was killed when she was abducted while vacationing in Puerto Rico.

Police said Eliezer Marquez Navedo, 36, apparently acted alone in a random crime. Here, authorities examine the scene.

Navedo sits shackled in a cell inside a police station in Fajardo, eastern Puerto Rico.

Kuszak, 35, met up with her fiance and friends on the island. She was five months pregnant and worked on sailboats and part-time in real estate and catering.

Kuszak was kidnapped while jogging. She made a desperate call for help from the trunk of her kidnapper's car Wednesday, about an hour before she was found dead with her throat slashed.

"She was looking forward to the rest of her life with her fiance and her unborn baby," Kuszak's friend Matt Daniel said in a phone interview from Georgia. "I'm just devastated. I don't know who would do something like that."

Forensic personnel remove the body of Kuszak.

A sneaker believed to belong to Kuszak of is removed from the crime scene.

Police officers escort Navedo after his arrest.

Kuszak moved to Savannah after living in San Francisco.

Relatives of Navedo react in front of a police station after he was arrested.

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Sara Kuszak, of Savannah, was killed when she was abducted while vacationing in Puerto Rico.

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