On May 16, the Grand Jury for the City of Alexandria returned murder indictments against two men in the death of Eduardo Almandarez. Almandarez was murdered on or about Nov. 28, 2015. His body was located in a park behind Cora Kelly School in the Arlandria neighborhood of Alexandria on Dec. 4, 2015.
Edwin Alexander Guerrero Umana, an 18-year old resident of Arlington County, was charged with capital murder and conspiracy to commit capital murder. Boris Elias Rosa Castro, a 19-year old resident of Fairfax County was charged with murder in the first degree.
The Commonwealth alleges that Almandarez was murdered in order to prevent him from testifying as a witness in a pending criminal case.
A trial date has not been set for either defendant.