(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police have arrested a second man in connection with the murder of German Guzman whose body was found in the Otis Pike Preserve in Manorville on October 15.
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives arrested Orlen Soliz-Galvez yesterday and charged him with Murder 2nd Degree.
Suffolk County Police have arrested Orlen Soliz-Galvez, 18, of Amityville in connection with the murder of German Guzman whose body was found in the Otis Pike Preserve in Manorville on October 15. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
Soliz-Galvez, 18, of Amityville is being held at the Fifth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned this morning at First District Court in Central Islip.
Previously, Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives had arrested Bryan Rosales Mejia for the murder of German Guzman. RosalesMejia, 21, of Amityville, was charged with Murder 2nd Degree.
On October 15, a passing motorist traveling on Wading River-Manor Road in Manorville noticed a fire on the side of the road and discovered it was a burning body, later identified as Guzman. Riverhead Town Police notified Suffolk Police after the passerby called 911 at approximately 1:45 p.m.
The investigation is continuing.
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