A homicide investigation is underway in Prince George’s County after investigators identified the body found in November in a park in College Park, Maryland, as a D.C. teenager who had been missing for months.
Prince George’s County Police Department identified the victim as 14-year-old Jefferson Amaya-Ayala, the department said in a news release.
Amaya-Ayala was last seen in D.C. in August, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
D.C. police, Prince George’s County police, and the FBI Cross Border Task Force found “human remains” on Nov. 3 while conducting a joint missing persons investigation at Indian Creek Steam Valley Park.
The remains were sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who ruled the death a homicide.
The investigation remains ongoing with no current suspects or motives.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Solvers online.
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