Luis Contreras Marrero, 35, was fatally shot in his Lake Wales home in the Enchanted Grove Mobile Home Park on North Scenic Highway on December 24, 2022. Deputies responding to a 911 call on December 25 found him lying just inside the front door with a gunshot wound; the call was received at 9:02 p.m.

Investigators quickly identified the primary suspect as Jeremy Otero Marrero, the victim’s 23-year-old brother. Jeremy was arrested on December 28, 2022, in Puerto Rico by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Puerto Rico Police Department on a Polk County warrant for First Degree Murder. Detectives say Jeremy and another man, Fernando Vega Mangual, left a gathering at Jeremy’s house and went to the mobile home park, where Jeremy allegedly shot his brother. Items found in Jeremy’s vehicle and admissions by both Jeremy and Fernando are reported to link them to the homicide.

Two others were later charged with providing false information during the investigation: Fernando Vega Mangual, 23, of Dundee, and Tasha Cintron, 30, of Lake Wales. Who has additional information about Luis, his movements that night, or the people involved?