On the afternoon of Saturday, October 19, 2019, police responded to an apartment building in the 1300 block of Merrimac Drive in Langley Park, Maryland, and found 33-year-old Rene Orlando Lopez unresponsive with significant trauma to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Reports noted Lopez had no fixed address and identified him as Hispanic or Latino.

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation and asked the public for help, but no motive or person of interest was released in the immediate aftermath. By late 2023 the case remained unsolved and no arrests had been announced, leaving the circumstances of his death unknown to the public amid concerns about violent crime in the area.

If anyone has information about Rene’s movements on or before October 19, 2019, or about the Merrimac Drive apartment that afternoon, contact detectives or the local Crime Solvers tip line.