On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at approximately 9:01 a.m., acting on an investigative lead, members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s Homicide Unit located the body of a deceased adult female. The body was discovered in a wooded area near the intersection of Chesterfield Road and Hawkins Road, Annapolis, Maryland. The Homicide Unit secured the crime scene and several items of evidence were recovered throughout the day.
On Thursday, September 21, 2017 the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on the deceased victim. The autopsy revealed the victim died as a result of severe trauma to the body and the manner was ruled homicide. On Friday, September 22, 2017 the homicide victim was positively identified as Jenni Beatriz Rivera Lopez, a 21 year old female from the 1400 block of Jousting Court, Annapolis, Maryland.
Investigation revealed that Ms. Lopez was reported missing to the Annapolis Police Department on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. Ms. Lopez had disappeared on the evening of Saturday, June 24, 2017 after getting in a car with associates in the area of Melrob Court, Annapolis, Maryland.
In the following weeks the Anne Arundel County Police Department arrested and charged the following six suspects in regards to the murder of Jenni Lopez:
Name | Arrest Date | DOB | Sex | Place of Residence |
Brenda Yaneth Argueta | 9-29-2017 | 3-18-1999 | Female | Silver Spring, MD |
Darvin Estuard Guerra Zacarias | 9-29-2017 | 3-17-1992 | Male | Silver Spring, MD |
Ervin Noe Arrue Figueroa | 9-30-2017 | 3-21-1999 | Male | Annapolis, MD |
Francisco Ramirez Pena | 10-1-2017 | 11-6-1994 | Male | Annapolis, MD |
Ronald Adonay Mendez-Sosa | 10-2-2017 | 3-13-1998 | Male | Edgewater, MD |
Milton A Portillo-Rodriguez | 11-20-2017 | 11-29-1995 | Male | Edgewater, MD |