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Lopez Mercado, 19, was found Nov. 14 along the side of a road in Cayey, Puerto Rico, just a few miles away from Caguas where he lived. He had been stabbed repeatedly, burned and decapitated, and his arms and legs had been cut off.
Police there have arrested 26-year-old Juan A. Martinez Matos and are investigating whether Mercado’s murder was a hate crime. Reports are that Martinez Matos has confessed to the crime and that a knife believed to have been used in the murder was found in a septic tank at his home. The suspect also reportedly told police he had been looking for a prostitute when he found Lopez Mercado, dressed in women’s clothing, and believed him to be female. He took the victim back to his home and killed him after discovering that Lopez Mercado was male.
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