Police Make Arrest in Centreville Homicide

Fairfax County Police announced Tuesday morning that they have arrested a suspect in the Centreville homicide from Saturday afternoon.

Police arrested 22-year-old Daniel Jacinto Marco Cedillo, of the same Cool Oak Lane address in Centreville. He has been arrested and charged with the murder of Mario Cedillo-Santiago, according to police.

Homicide detectives, assisted by detectives from the Fugitive Squad and from the United States Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force, located and apprehended Cedillo in Baltimore in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 16, according to police. He awaits extradition back to Fairfax County.

Police responded to the Cool Oak Lane address Saturday shortly before 4 p.m. for the report of a man suffering from an apparent stab wound. Officers located the victim inside the home; he was unresponsive.

They immediately began CPR while awaiting the arrival of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue. The victim, 29-year-old Mario Cedillo-Santiago, was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital and was pronounced dead around 9 p.m. Saturday.

Police did not say if the two men were related.

PHOTO: Daniel Jacinto Marco Cedillo, 22, courtesy of Fairfax County Police