Three days after a Centreville man was killed in his home in the Meadows community, Fairfax County police have charged one of his roommates with his murder. The victim was Mario Cedillo-Santiago, 29, and the incident occurred Saturday, Dec. 13.
Police were called to a home in the 14,000 block of Cool Oak Lane, shortly before 4 p.m., after receiving a report of a man there suffering from an apparent stab wound. Officers found the victim unresponsive inside the home and immediately began CPR while waiting for fire-and-rescue personnel to arrive.
Cedillo-Santiago was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital where was pronounced dead five hours later, around 9 p.m. Meanwhile, homicide detectives and crime-scene technicians responded to the scene of the tragedy.
Police say initial investigation determined that Cedillo-Santiago’s roommates heard an argument between him and another person. When they went to investigate, the assailant had fled and they discovered their injured roommate.
However, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 16, law-enforcement authorities arrested the man they believe is responsible for the crime. He is Daniel Jacinto Marco Cedillo, 22, who also lived in that home, and he has now been charged with murder. Police say the two men are not related.
Homicide detectives, assisted by detectives from the Fugitive Squad and from the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, found and apprehended Cedillo in Baltimore, Md. He has since been extradited back to Fairfax County and is currently incarcerated in the Adult Detention Center, awaiting trial.