Man is accused of concealing the death of a woman whose body was found in a forest preserve in suburban Chicago

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (CBS) – A man has been charged in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in Busse Woods in the northwest suburbs.

Juan Pio Toto, 26, was charged Monday with felony concealment of death. He is accused of dumping the body of his ex-girlfriend Atalia Pucheta Martinez, 23.

Pucheta Martinez's body was found Saturday in Busse Woods Forest Preserve – formerly known as Ned Brown Preserve and located near Elk Grove Village, Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg. Her body was found after she was reported missing from her home in Mount Prospect.

A death investigation was soon launched. Pio Toto told investigators that he and Pucheta Martinez got into a fight early that morning in the parking lot outside the apartment building where they lived, police said.

Pio Toto told police that Pucheta Martinez fell during the fight and hit his head. He said he put her in the back seat of his car, drove her to a wooded area, dumped her body there and then drove away, police said.

Pio Toto appeared for a detention hearing Tuesday at the Cook County Courthouse in Rolling Meadows. His alleged offense is not punishable by law, so he was released under electronic monitoring, police said.

The cause of Pucheta Martine'z's death remains undetermined, and Mount Prospect police said they are still investigating.