Police say he admitted that he moved her body to the passenger seat of her Honda Accord, which he abandoned in the Prospect Heights Library parking lot.
Young is charged with concealing a homicide. Police are searching for a second man who provided the heroin.
Bail was set Monday at $50,000 in Cook County Circuit Court.
Prospect Heights Detective Sergeant Al Steffen said Young carried Dominick's body down a back flight of stairs. Her body was found later that morning by a youth baseball coach.
Authorities said Young was identified as a suspect after detectives viewed tapes from a surveillance camera at the library.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
