Astley, a recent graduate of Wayland High School who planned to attend Elon University in North Carolina in the fall, was last seen Sunday night after leaving her job at a store at the Natick Collection mall.
WAYLAND – A Wayland teenager has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a young woman whose body was found in a marshy area of town over the holiday weekend.
Authorities announced that 18-year-old Nathanial Fujita was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the death of 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
Astley’s body was found by a bicyclist Monday.
Astley, a recent graduate of Wayland High School who planned to attend Elon University in North Carolina in the fall, was last seen Sunday night after leaving her job at a store at the Natick Collection mall.
Malcolm Astley, Lauren’s father, said Fujita and his daughter were “close.”
Fujita was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Framingham District Court. A message left at his home was not immediately returned.