Wanted murder suspect from Manassas, Massachusetts arrested

MANASSAS, VA – A suspect wanted in the killing of an 18-year-old woman in the Manassas neighborhood of Prince William County was arrested Tuesday in Massachusetts.

The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force located and arrested German Joseth Torres Lizama, 20, of Manassas, in Lynn, Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and is being held in Massachusetts pending extradition to Virginia.

Prince William County police had identified Torres Lizama as a suspect in the July 18 murder of 18-year-old Ashlin Yamileth Paz, of no fixed address. Police believe the suspect and victim knew each other and had an altercation at a planned meeting in the area of ​​Pineview Road and Cregger Lane.

The police were alerted to a shooting on July 18 at around 8:23 p.m. The officers found the 18-year-old woman in a wooded area with gunshot wounds to her upper body. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries or property damage were reported.