The Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday it has arrested two men on charges of First Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and a third man on an Auto Theft charge in connection with the July 8 murder of a gay man in Sterling, Va.
Last week, the Sheriff’s Office, which serves as the Loudoun County police force, announced that 24-year-old Jose I. Escobar Menendez, a resident of Winchester, Va., was found dead in a roadway along Emerald Point Terrace near Winding Road in Sterling around 3:30 a.m.
on Wednesday, July 8. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office told the Washington Blade the cause of death was a gunshot wound.