PA- Harrisburg; Torin Dworchak, 18; *suspects arrested*; 5 Sep 2019

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A man wanted for for the kidnapping and murder of a Pennsylvania 18-year-old has been captured in Nashville, Tennessee.

The U.S. Marshals Service reports on September 5, the Harrisburg Bureau of Police found a body in a park and determined the person had been robbed, kidnapped, and murdered the night before.

The investigation led police to identify 20-year-old Nathaniel Acevedo as a suspect. Attempts to locate Acevedo were unsuccessful and the U.S. Marshals Service was called in to assist.

On Monday, U.S. Marshals Task Force members located Acevedo on the 3100 block of Brickdale Lane in Nashville. He was arrested without incident and transported to the Davidson County Jail where he will be extradited back to Pennsylvania to face charges.

According to ABC 27 in Harrisburg, the victim was an 18-year-old and his body was found dumped at the National Civil War Museum. A second man connected to the murder has also been arrested. According to the outlet, Acevedo and his accomplice used the victim's debit card to buy sneakers and other items.
Man accused of killing Pennsylvania teen and dumping body at museum arrested in Nashville



A suspect charged with the robbery and shooting death of an 18-year-old man found dead at the National Civil War Museum has been arrested in Tennessee.

Nathaniel Acevedo, 20, of Harrisburg, was arrested in Nashville without incident Monday. He was turned over to the Davidson County Jail to await extradition to Pennsylvania, U.S. Marshal Martin Pane said.

Acevedo and 18-year-old Tyrese Randolph are charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit robbery, and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the killing of 18-year-old Torin Dworchak, of Middletown.

Tyrese Randolph, left, and Nathaniel Acevedo
Randolph was arrested last week and is in Dauphin County Prison without bail.

A school bus driver found Dworchak’s bodyin the lower parking lot of the National Civil War Museum on the morning of Sept. 5.

The criminal complaint states that on Sept. 4, Dworchak contacted Randolph about meeting up and Randolph agreed. Randolph and Acevedo then agreed to rob Dworchak when he met with Randolph.
2nd man arrested for murder of teen dumped at Civil War Museum

 

[realanastasia]

The criminal complaint states that on Sept. 4, Dworchak contacted Randolph about meeting up and Randolph agreed. Randolph and Acevedo then agreed to rob Dworchak when he met with Randolph.
2nd man arrested for murder of teen dumped at Civil War Museum

Does anyone have a sense of whether or not the victim and the two suspected murderers knew each other socially before the crime occurred? If not, I wonder if perhaps this meetup might've been arranged via a dating/hook-up app like Grindr or Tinder. To be clear, I have seen no evidence related to TD’s sexual orientation, but I am aware of other recent cases in which men seeking hookups/sexual partners on Grindr or Tinder have been lured to meeting spots where they’re assaulted, robbed, or worse. I wonder if that’s what happened here, or if there was a pre-existing acquaintanceship/friendship between the victim and the two suspects—it doesn’t change the awful outcome, of course, but if the murderers targeted TD because of his perceived sexual orientation, it might affect whether or not this murder would be considered a hate crime and thus those accused would be subject to different/harsher penalties.

MOO