Overview
- Luis Gabriel Guembes, a Peruvian-born 15-year-old, was found with stab wounds in a wooded area of Stoke Park around 6:10 p.m. on January 19 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Emergency responders and bystanders attempted resuscitation, and Surrey Police sealed the area for forensic work as part of an ongoing major crime investigation.
- The Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Unit charged two youths, 15 and 16, with murder, conspiracy to rob and possession of a bladed article, and both appeared at Guildford Magistrates’ Court.
- Judge Catherine Hartley remanded the defendants in custody, and the investigation continues as police provide specialist support to the victim’s family.
- Guembes was a student at All Hallows Catholic School in Farnham and played youth football for Churt Juniors, and friends set up a GoFundMe to help his family.