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Orlando Carranza-Portillo

Case from Baltimore, MD dated May 22, 2021

Victim Details

Orlando Carranza-Portillo

Male

White / Caucasian

Baltimore

MD

2021-05-22

30

Orlando

Carranza-Portillo

07/26/2026

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In the late spring of 2021, a grim discovery was made on the side of a road in Baltimore County, Maryland. The body of 30-year-old Orlando Carranza-Portillo, a male, was found by a passerby on the morning of Saturday, May 22nd. His remains had been left in some brush off of Hammonds Ferry Road in the Lansdowne area, near the Anne Arundel County line.

Upon their arrival, law enforcement officials determined that Carranza-Portillo had sustained gunshot wounds. The case was quickly classifie ...
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  • baltimoresun.com: Baltimore County police investigating homicide after man found dead on Hammonds Ferry Road
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