MD - Jordy Mejia, 22, found in shallow grave, Gaithersburg, 15 Oct 2016 *Arrests*

"Authorities found human remains in a shallow grave tucked in a wooded area of Gaithersburg, Montgomery County police said.

Detectives are investigating the discovery as a suspicious death, according to a department press release. According to the release, detectives believe the remains are those of a man.

Police said hikers found the human remains over the weekend in a wooded area in the 11500 block of Game Preserve Road.

Officers were called to the area around 4:27 p.m. Saturday after the discovery. Police, who called the death “an ongoing investigation,” said an autopsy is scheduled to be conducted in Baltimore.

Police said detectives urge anyone who may have information regarding the death to contact the Montgomery County Police Department’s Major Crimes Division at (240) 773-5070 or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Authorities added that callers may remain anonymous."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...7e4fa8-aac5-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html

An unidentified male found in a shallow grave in Montgomery County earlier this month was the victim of a homicide, police said Monday.

On Nov. 12 at about 4:30 p.m., officers went to the 11500 block of Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg after hikers had found a body in a grave in the woods, Montgomery County Police said in a statement.

[Human remains found in shallow grave in Maryland woods]

The cause of death remains under investigation, the statement said, but authorities said Monday that they are investigating it as a homicide and that they think the victim had been in the woods since late summer.

Police described the victim as a Hispanic male about 5’6” tall in his late teens to early 20s, and asked for the public’s help in identifying him. They also released photographs of the style of shirt and size 8 Aldo shoes that the person was wearing when he was found.

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Court records do not say how Mejia was killed.

His body was discovered Nov. 12 near Game Preserve Road in the Gaithersburg area. Police initially could not identify the remains, but they keyed in on a distinctive, red-and-black-patterned long-sleeve shirt found on the body.

They publicized images of the shirt and were contacted by police in Guttenberg, N.J., who said the shirt matched one in a missing person case that they were working on. A fingerprint match was made to Jordy Mejia, according to Maryland court records.

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http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/gai...n-md-after-being-set-up-on-facebook/382736705

Five people ranging in age from 16 to 21 are under arrest in connection with the murder of a New Jersey man. Police believe they used Facebook to execute their plan.

Montgomery County Police said the suspects lured Jordy Mejia, 22, to a wooded area in Gaithersburg Md., killed him, and buried him in a shallow grave...

Mejia's mother had reported him missing on October 18, three day after he told her he was leaving New Jersey to go to Maryland and see a girl he met on Facebook.

Unbeknownst to Mejia, the girl never existed.

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http://www.your4state.com/news/i-27...with-the-murder-of-a-new-jersey-man/636529389

Two suspects, 19-year-old Neris Moreno, of West New York, New Jersey and 16 -year-old Jackelin Leiba-Esperanza were arrested and charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder...

Three other suspects have also been arrested with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder, 21-year-old Reynaldo A Granadoa-Vasquez, 18-year-old Jose Melendez-Rivera, and 17-year-old Katerine Solorzano-Aparicio.

Police also believe that the suspects are associated with MS-13 gang.

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