CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Records released by the city Thursday evening showed that the two veteran Cleveland police officers who mistook the corpse of a slain woman lying on Interstate 90 for a deer sat idle in their patrol car in a cemetery for about an hour before and after driving by the corpse at more than 50 mph.

The records were turned over to Safety Department officials after City Prosecutor Victor Perez ruled that Patrolmen Matthew Prince and David Muniz should not be prosecuted.

Perez decided that the case should be handled as a police performance issue and not a violation of criminal law.

His ruling puts the case in the hands of the Safety Director Martin Flask and Police Chief Michael McGrath. An administrative hearing will be held and the investigation should be completed next week, Flask said.

He said he will determine the punishment, which can be a suspension of up to 30 days or termination. If the punishment were up to the chief, McGrath by charter could suspend the officers for only up to 10 days.

"These allegations, if true, demand severe consequences," Flask said in an e-mail.

They will consider the officers' actions in the days prior to the incident as well as examining why the officers sat for long periods in their patrol car in the West Park Cemetery on the day the body was left by the roadway.

Data from the patrol car's auto vehicle locator showed that from 3:31 a.m. to 4:36 a.m. the officers sat idle at the cemetery near Interstate 71. The first call reporting the dead body came in at 4:30 a.m., and the patrol car was dispatched at 4:35 a.m.

VIDEO: Data from patrol car's locator unit

GPS record from Cleveland Patrol car #232

The officers went from the cemetery to Denison Avenue, then went north on West 25th Street before taking the ramp onto Interstate 90. The officers drove by the location where the body was found at speeds of up to 59 mph. The highway search lasted two minutes. The officers called dispatchers back at 4:50 a.m. and informed them there was a dead deer on the highway before returning to the cemetery at 4:54 a.m. They sat there until 5:43 a.m.

Dispatch records show the three more people called to report the body between 5:34 a.m. and 6:10 a.m. An Ohio Department of Transportation worker confirmed it was a body by 6:19 a.m. and police closed the highway minutes later.

Neither the officers nor their union leader returned calls for comment.

Perez was not available to comment either. Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi agreed with the decision.

"This conduct may result in some disciplinary action but it does not rise to the level of a criminal offense," Triozzi said.

Triozzi said as part of policy, the city prosecutor's office reviews all Internal Affairs investigations to determine if a law was broken.

Relatives of the victim -- 28-year-old mother of three Angel Bradley-Crockett -- were upset by the ruling and reports that the officers had been in the cemetery. Patricia Bradley, the victim's mother, said she didn't know of the city's ruling until she was contacted by The Plain Dealer.

"I don't feel great about it," said Bradley, 46, who is caring for her daughter's children. "I feel they should have charges filed against them and the officers should turn in their badges.

"As soon as I can get up from the grieving, they will hear from me," she said. "I don't plan on going away."

Also on Thursday, prosecutors charged a second suspect, Latesha Santos, 23, of Cleveland, with aggravated murder in Bradley-Crockett's death. Stephon Davis, 30, of Cleveland, and Santos beat and murdered Bradley-Crockett and dumped her naked body the highway, police said. Davis is charged with aggravated murder and is in jail on $2 million bond.

Santos is scheduled to appear in court this morning.