Arrest in Homicide of Man Found in Burned Vehicle Off Franklin Limestone Road | Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez

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Summary:
October 10, 2023

Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia is charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez, 37. His badly burned body was found on September 27 in the trunk of a vehicle which had been set on fire and left in a wooded area off the 300 block of Franklin Limestone Road.

Detectives believe that Miranda-Martinez was shot and killed prior to his body being placed in the vehicle. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation. Castro-Garcia, a native of Honduras, was previously deported from the United States in 2010 and 2018. He remains jailed without bond.