Overview
- A jogger found Carmen Lizet Puch, 42, lying by her car at the Difficult Run/Great Falls trail parking area and she was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering multiple stab wounds on Monday.
- Fairfax County police arrested 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos in Prince George’s County and charged him with second-degree murder while he awaits extradition to Virginia.
- Police say surveillance video shows the suspect arming himself at the restaurant where he worked with the victim and that he offered a full confession to homicide detectives after his arrest.
- Investigators allege the killing was premeditated, saying the suspect took a fixed-blade knife, gloves and a bottle he later filled with siphoned gasoline and that he doused the victim and tried to set her on fire.
- Authorities and federal agencies are continuing to gather surveillance footage and witness interviews, ICE has filed a detainer, and the DHS disclosure about a prior April 2024 CBP release has focused political attention on border and local enforcement policies.