In the early morning hours of July 8, 2020, the body of 24-year-old Jose I. Escobar Menendez, a Latinx male, was discovered on a roadside in Sterling, Virginia. An investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office determined that he had been fatally shot in what appeared to be a robbery gone wrong. Menendez, who lived in Winchester, had traveled about 50 miles to meet an individual he had connected with online.
The investigation revealed that Menendez had arranged to meet 21-year-old G
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