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Adrian Valencia-Cuevas

Case from Tacoma, WA dated May 14, 2018

Victim Details

Adrian Valencia-Cuevas

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Tacoma

WA

2018-05-14

19

Adrian

Valencia-Cuevas

07/03/2026

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In the early morning hours of May 14, 2018, a grim discovery was made in a quiet University Place neighborhood in Washington. Nineteen-year-old Hispanic male Adrian Valencia-Cuevas and 22-year-old Wilberth Lopez Acala were found lifeless inside a white Dodge Charger parked on 63rd Street West. A neighbor, noticing the two men motionless in the car, alerted the authorities around 5:30 a.m. When Pierce County sheriff's deputies arrived, they found both men had been shot in the head. The Pierce Cou ...
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  • KING: Victims of Univ. Place murders identified; suspect video released
  • The Seattle Times: 2 men found dead in car in University Place
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