Body found in box is slain D.C. man

Published November 19, 2010 5:00am ET



A body found in a cardboard box along Interstate 70 is that of a District man who was shot to death, police said Thursday, and a Prince George’s County man is wanted in the slaying. The Metropolitan Police Department identified the victim as 36-year-old Jacobo Vazquez of the 1100 block of Massachusetts Avenue NW.

The box that contained his remains were found at about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday by state highway maintenance workers in Frederick County, near Braddock Mountain, Maryland State Police said.

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