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Illegal Immigrant Charged With Brutal Fairfax County Murder

Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, appeared in court in Maryland on Thursday for a hearing related to the heinous murder of Carmen Lizet Puch. He is scheduled for another appearance on Sept. 18 ahead of his possible extradition to Virginia.

The victim, a 42-year-old mother, was stabbed to death in Great Falls this week. Her body was found doused with gasoline. She apparently worked with the suspect, and they may have been romantically involved.

“We have video footage of our suspect at the restaurant where he worked with our victim arming himself with a fixed blade knife, taking a pair of black latex gloves, taking a water bottle, and then off he goes with the intent to do harm and kill the victim,” Fairfax Police Chief Kevin Davis said during a news conference after Cedillos-Campos was arrested. “We are still uncovering the many layers of motive that exist when two people are involved in a relationship, and where another relationship may exist as well.”

The Department of Homeland Security noted that “Cedillos-Campos is a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador who was arrested by [Customs and Border Protection] in 2024, after illegally crossing the Biden administration’s open border near El Paso, Texas. After his arrest, he was RELEASED into the interior of our country.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer with the Fairfax County Detention Center asking it to hold........

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