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Man charged with murder in 2018 death investigation in Va. Beach

Willian Alberto Oliva Rodriguez

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk man has been charged with murder in the death of a man who was found dead in Virginia Beach last July.

Virginia Beach police said kayakers found the body of 19-year-old Jairo Armando Sanchez-Guardado, of Chesapeake, in the Lake Smith area of Virginia Beach.


Members of Virginia Beach’s Homicide Unit launched a suspicious death investigation in July 2018.

Police said in an update on Thursday 25-year-old Willian Alberto Oliva Rodriguez, of Norfolk, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to Sanchez-Guardado’s death.

Rodriguez is being held at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center without bond