UPDATE, 2:19 p.m.:

VERNON, CONN. -- Gary E. Schara has been charged with murder, aggravated rape and kidnapping in connection with the 1992 slaying of Lisa Ziegert in Agawam.

Schara, who appeared in court in a red jumpsuit, waived extradition in Rockville Superior Court after being treated at a Hartford hospital for yet unspecified medical issues.

He was charged through a fugitive from justice warrant and is awaiting transfer by Massachusetts state troopers.

Ziegert, 24, was a teacher's assistant in Agawam Middle School when she was abducted from her job at the Brittany Card & Gift Shoppe on Walnut Extension on April 15, 1992.

Her body was found in a wooded area off Route 75, also known as Suffield Street, on April 19, 1992.

A break in the case came last year, when Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni released a composite image of a suspect generated through a new technology called DNA phenotyping. Taking DNA evidence found at the scene, investigators were able to create a profile of her killer.

This is a developing story that will be updated after further reporting.