UPDATE: Three additional suspects have been charged in connection with this case.

Original story below…

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PARKVILLE, MD – Seven suspects, including one juvenile charged as an adult, have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Daniel Alejandro Alvarado Cuellar, whose body was found in the grass near an apartment building on Loch Raven Boulevard on July 31st.

Detectives determined that Cuellar was the intended victim of a planned murder involving the seven suspects.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death a homicide by multiple sharp force injuries.

The motive for this homicide remains under investigation.

All seven suspects remain held without bail in the Baltimore County Detention Center following bail review hearings.

They have been identified as:

• Jonathan Escobar-Hernandez, 20, of the 500-block of Castle Drive (21212)
• Marlon Leonardo Fabian-Flores, 20, of the 4700-block of Hanover Pike (21102)
• Edwin Edgardo Garcia-Martir, 18, of the unit block of Sargent Court (21220)
• Hugo Portillo-Chavez, 31, of the 200-block of Hogarth Circle (21030)
• Jose Fausto Rivera-Coreas, 19, of the 1000-block of Misty Lynn Circle (21030)
• Odaliz Rosas-Yanez, 20, of the 600-block of Knollcrest Place (21030)
• Leonel Alexander Velasquez-Hernandez, 16, of the 900-block of Cranbrook Road (21230)