4 MS-13 members took an 18-year-old Olney girl to a wooded space and killed her with a machete in an “unauthorized” gang homicide in Might, Montgomery County Police and prosecutors allege in charging paperwork.
The physique of Rosa Sanchez Merino was not recovered till late final month when one of many suspects led authorities to the location, police say.
The 4 individuals charged with first-degree homicide had been recognized as:
- Roberto Carlos Rivera-Delgado, 23, of Gaithersburg
- Iris Yudella Alonzo-Salgado, 23, of Frederick
- Aracely Abarca-Melgar, 21, of Manchester, New Hampshire
- A 16-year-old male (MoCo360 typically doesn’t establish minors charged as adults)
In the course of the first week of Might, Rivera-Delgado drove the suspects to a wooded space within the 3600 block of Brookeville Street in Olney to homicide Merino, charging paperwork alleged.
The killers led Sanchez Merino into the woods and positioned her on her knees, then every of them took turns putting her within the neck with a machete, in accordance with charging paperwork.
Afterward, they buried her in a shallow grave within the woods, charging paperwork alleged.
Rivera-Delgado was arrested for a parole violation in Nevada and extradited to Maryland on Sept. 29. He met with detectives on Sept. 30, and recognized the opposite suspects, defined what occurred and confirmed the place the grave was positioned, in accordance with charging paperwork.
An post-mortem carried out Oct. 1 confirmed that Sanchez Merino was killed with sharp compelled accidents, charging paperwork indicated.
Rivera-Delgado instructed police that he believes he isn’t at the moment in good standing with MS-13 as a result of he participated within the “unauthorized homicide” of Merino.
Abarca-Melgar was arrested in New York, the place she awaits extradition to Montgomery County.
The suspects had been transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, the place they’re being held with out bond.
Alonzo-Salgado and Rivera-Delgado are being represented by public defenders, in accordance with digital courtroom data, and Abarca-Melgar’s and the 16-year-old’s attorneys usually are not listed in these data.
The Maryland Workplace of the Public Defender instructed MoCo360 that they refuse to remark.
