Gaithersburg, MD – A 22-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the July 9, 2023 death of a Gaithersburg man in Seneca Creek in Germantown. Tips from the pubic identified the victim as 45-year-old Jose Israel Centeno Velasquez of Gaithersburg.
On July 9, 2023, Montgomery County Department of Police 1st District officers and Maryland Natural Resources Police responded to the area of Black Rock Road and Seneca Creek Trail for a report of a body in the creek. The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who later determined the victim died of multiple injuries and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.
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