Atlanta Trio Charged in Cemetery Murder Conspiracy of Utah Woman Angela Cortes Villegas

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Three individuals, Denis Manuel Velasquez Rivera, 22, Madelian Garcia, 18, and Hector Paz, 22, all from metro Atlanta, have been charged with murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting death of 20-year-old Angela Yajahira Cortes Villegas in a cemetery last month. Cortes Villegas was found in Crest Lawn Memorial Park on April 20, having been shot five times, and investigators linked the suspects to the crime through surveillance footage and vehicle tracking. The suspects were arrested in Norcross, with Velasquez Rivera allegedly being the shooter, while the motive for the killing remains undisclosed.