Police have arrested two people on murder charges in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in a pickup truck in Riverhead last month.
Suffolk County Police Department homicide squad detectives have charged Lopez-Cambara, 40, and Tyara Lemus, 18, both of 7 Allomara Road, Hampton Bays, with Murder in the Second Degree, according to a SCPD press release issued this morning.
On the evening of Nov. 11, Riverhead Police responded to a call about an abandoned vehicle on Roanoke Avenue and discovered the body of Marco Grisales, 39, of Sag Harbor, inside a pickup truck on the side of the road, south of Green Tree Drive, according to a police press release.
Lopez-Cambara and Lemus were held overnight at Riverhead Police headquarters and are scheduled to be arraigned at Southampton Justice Court today, police said.
Editor’s note: A criminal charge is an accusation. By law, a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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