UPPER MARLBORO, Md.– Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson has announced that Jose Merlos-Majano, Alan Josai Garcia-Padilla, William Cuellar Gutierrez, and a 17-year-old have been indicted on charges including first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and participation in a criminal organization in connection with the death of 14-year-old Jefferson Amaya-Ayala from Washington D.C.
In August 2025, Amaya-Ayala was reported missing after he was last seen in the 1400 block of Sheridan Street in the Brightwood neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. His body was discovered in a park in Prince George’s County in November 2025…