Lindenwold, NJ – A Lindenwold man has been arrested and charged for a delayed homicide following a June 2025 assault that resulted in the death of another man two months later, announced Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Lindenwold Police Chief Michael McCarthy Jr. Wilmer A. Velasquez-Orellans, 37, is charged with first-degree Murder in the death of 42-yearold Alvaro I. Reyes-Rizo of Lindenwold. On June 13, 2025, at approximately 4:58 a.m., officers from the Lindenwold Police Department were dispatched to the Pinewood Estates apartment complex on the 500 block of East Gibbsoboro Road in Lindenwold for a report of an assault. Upon arrival, officers located the victim suffering from an injury to the head. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital for treatment. During the investigation, detectives obtained surveillance video that captured a suspect – later determined to be Velasquez-Orellans – striking the victim in the head with a club-like weapon during a physical altercation.
Velasquez-Orellans was taken into custody and charged on June 13, 2025, with second-degree Aggravated Assault, third-degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and fourth-degree Unlawful Possession of a Weapon. The court later released Velasquez-Orellans with conditions. On August 13, 2025, Reyes-Rizo succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at Cooper University Hospital. Velasquez-Orellans was charged with first-degree Murder on August 14, 2025. Velasquez-Orellans was taken into custody in Lindenwold on November 3, 2025, by the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force – Camden Division. He was remanded to the Camden County Correctional Facility. 2 of 2 Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Luis Sibaja Jr. of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (856) 225-8682 and Detective Jesus Bonilla of the Lindenwold Police Department at (856) 784-7566. Tips can also be sent to CAMDEN.TIPS. All individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.