A twice-deported Honduran illegal immigrant is facing charges related to two separate murders, as authorities discovered a badly burned body and decomposed remains in a wooded area in Nashville.
Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia, 31, has been charged with the shooting death of 37-year-old Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez, whose charred remains were found in the trunk of a vehicle in a Nashville wooded area.
Nashville police have also charged Castro-Garcia with a second murder and abuse of a corpse, as decomposed remains belonging to Brandon Rivas-Noriega were discovered in the trunk of a Ford Focus in a nearby wooded area.
As reported by Fox News, Kevin Castro-Garcia had been deported twice, first in 2010 and then again in 2018.
BREAKING: Homicide Unit detectives are charging Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia, 31 with the fatal shooting of Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez, 37. His body was found 9/27 in a burned car on Franklin Limestone Rd. Castro-Garcia, a native of Honduras, has twice been deported from the U.S. pic.twitter.com/ZkHfax73gk
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) October 10, 2023
From Fox News:
A Honduran national, who was previously deported twice from the U.S., was charged with two separate murders last week in Nashville after authorities say they found a “badly burned” body inside a torched car and a decomposing body in the trunk of a different car.
Kevin Castro-Garcia, 31, was charged in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez, whose body was found Sept. 27 in a car that had been set on fire in a wooded area on Franklin Limestone Road, Nashville Metropolitan Police said Tuesday.
Detectives believe Miranda-Martinez was shot and killed before his body was stuffed into the trunk. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation, police said.
On Friday, police announced Castro-Garcia was also being charged with a second murder and abuse of a corpse after the decomposing body of 26-year-old Brandon Rivas-Noriega, of Nashville, was found in the trunk of a different car off Rural Hill Road.
