Castro-Ventura, Carlos Humberto, 18

(Updated 3 Oct 2007)

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Carlos Humberto Castro-Ventura, 18

• Date: 9 Sep 2006, 12:30 am
  
• Location: 15th Avenue, 8100 block, 20783 (6.085)
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.981402 38.989572)
• (Octavio Pascual, 25, was killed in the same block, 16 Jun 2007).
  
• Council District 2 (Campos).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Stabbed 44 times (gang-related)
  
• Victim's address: Merrimac drive, 1000 block, 20903
  
• (Inside the Beltway, more than 2 miles from DC, -76.989949 38.993159)
  
• Council District 2 (Campos).
• Legislative District 47 (Britt, J. Ivey, Niemann, Ramirez).
• Sources:
• Police, 18 Sep 2006
  
• Examiner, No online report!
  
• Gazette, 19 Sep 2006 (Ngbea)
• Post, 20 Sep 2006 (Castaneda).
  
• Times, No online report!
  

Arrests

• Eduardo Escobar Marinez, 17.
• Arrested 13 or 14 Sep 2006.
  
• Charge: First degree murder.
• Disposition: 21 Jun 2007, convicted of of involuntary manslaughter, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault; acquitted of first- and second-degree murder.
• 22 Aug 2007, sentenced to 40 years in prison
  
• Suspect's address: Gaithersburg, MD, Stedwick Drive, 19000 block, .
  
• Sources:
• Police, 18 Sep 2006, 3 Oct 2006
• Gazette, 19 Sep 2006 (Ngbea), 23 Jun 2007 (Givens).
• Examiner, 23 Aug 2007 (Miller).
  
• Post, 20 Sep 2006 (Castaneda), 23 Jun 2007 (Castaneda).

• Roberto Carlos Nicolas, 17.
• Arrested 13 or 14 Sep 2006.
  
• Charge: First degree murder.
• Disposition: "Pleaded guilty to an undisclosed charge. The plea is sealed." (Post).
  
• Suspect's address: Wheaton, MD, Blueridge Avenue, 2300 block, .
  
• Sources:
• Police, 18 Sep 2006, 3 Oct 2006
• Gazette, 19 Sep 2006 (Ngbea), 23 Jun 2007 (Givens).
• Post, 20 Sep 2006 (Castaneda), 23 Jun 2007 (Castaneda).

• Carlos Torres-Garcia, 23.
• Arrested: Not reported (about 3 Oct 2006).
  
• Charge: First-degree murder.
• Dispostion: Not indicted (Gazette).
  
• Suspect's address: Wheaton, MD, Randoplh Road, 2400 block.
  
• Sources:
• Police, 3 Oct 2006
  
• Gazette, 5 Oct 2006 (Nemeth); 23 Jun 2007 (Givens).
  

• William Mercado, 21.
• Arrested: Not reported (about 3 Oct 2006).
  
• Charge: First-degree murder.
• Dispostion: Not indicted (Gazette).
  
• Suspect's address: Silver Spring, MD, south Hampton Drive, 220 block.
  
• Sources:
• Police, 3 Oct 2006
• Gazette, 5 Oct 2006 (Nemeth); 23 Jun 2007 (Givens).