(FAYETTEVILLE) -- A man wanted in Cumberland County for murder turned himself into Connecticut Police Thursday -- and reportedly confessed -- but will not immediately face extradition.Cumberland County Public Information Officer Debbie Tanna says 23-year-old Alexander Zelaya had waived his rights to extradition at a hearing in Connecticut, but the judge hearing the case intervened.

"When he was asked if he understood what the waive of extradition was, he did not. So the judge denied the process until someone could be there to explain his rights to him."

Zelaya, believed to be an undocumented immigrant, does not speak much English and had difficulty communicating Thursday in a Connecticut courtroom.

"There is an ICE detainer on him," says Tanna, "he's believed to be in the United States illegally.  He is Salvadorian, and we're trying to make sure that name he's given us is his real name."

Jose Alexander Zelaya is charged with the Dec. 27 murder of Marianna Reyes in Fayetteville. Tanna is confident the process to bring Zelaya back to North Carolina will not face further road bocks.

"Since he is facing first-degree murder charges, which is a very serious murder charge, there is a chance that we will be bringing him back to North Carolina just as soon as he has a translator and understands what his rights are.

After the early-morning murder of 22-year-old Marianna Reyes on December 27, Zelaya allegedly stole a neighbor's green truck, returned it, and then drove north in a 1994 Subaru. Zelaya reportedly has a cousin in Virginia, which may explain why his kidnapped daughter was found safe Tuesday at a shopping area in Newport News. The girl, 22-month-old Juliana Reyes has since been returned to North Carolina and place in the care of her deceased mother's parents.

Tanna adds that Zelaya is eager to return to North Carolina, something she says is rather puzzling, considering the suspect fled the scene, kidnapped his daughter, committed grand theft auto, and crossed several state lines.

"Especially since he took such great pains in driving as far as Connecticut. But he is a foreigner [with language barrier obstacales], and [does not have] many people that he can rely on. So he probably feels this is more like home to him than any other place, and he'd rather return here."

Zelaya has been formally charged in Cumberland County with the first-degree murder of his girlfriend. An extradition hearing has been scheduled for January 10, 2012.