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Joel Solis Recio, a 24-year-old Latino construction worker, was brutally murdered on January 10, 2003, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The circumstances surrounding his death were harrowing. Recio was tortured, stabbed, and burned by his captors, who were attempting to extract information about the location of his marijuana stash. The ordeal culminated in his execution-style killing on an Interstate 277 exit ramp, where he was gunned down in view of passing motorists and onlookers from nearby offi ...Read More
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Joel Solis Recio
Male
Hispanic / Latino
Charlotte
NC
2003-01-10
24
Joel
Solis Recio
11/05/2025







