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Jorge Landeros

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Jorge Rueda Landeros

Jorge Landeros

Real Name: Jorge Rueda Landeros
Aliases: Landeros Jorge Rueda
Wanted for: Murder, Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution
Missing Since: May 2011

Sue Macrum

Sue Macrum

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Details: Jorge Landeros is wanted for the murder of fifty-two-year-old Sue Ann Marcum, a professor at American University. She was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in her new home in Bethesda, Maryland. Her cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma and asphyxiation. DNA was also found under her nails, presumably from her trying to fight off her attacker. Her car, a Jeep Cherokee, was also missing from her home. Using MILES NCIC, investigators were able to quickly locate her car, which was being driven by an eighteen-year-old man. He insists that he was unaware about the vehicle being connected to a murder and claimed it was found abandoned by his older brother. DNA from the suspect did not match any from the crime scene.
Investigators later found a life insurance policy worth $500,000 with Landeros as the beneficiary. He met Sue sometime in 2005. She became fascinated with him as he became her Spanish teacher and yoga buddy. They also opened investment accounts in 2008, in which she gave him money to invest on her behalf. He ultimately lost the money in some bad investment decisions, leaving her upset.
With the assistance of an El Paso homicide detective, investigators were able to get Landeros to consent to have DNA taken from him though a swab. The DNA sample from Landeros matched those from the crime scene. Investigators believed that after he murdered Sue, Landeros staged the crime scene to look like a robbery. Landeros was seen teaching Yoga in Ciudad Juárez, but he could not be arrested yet as Mexican Government hadn't issued a provisional warrant.
It is believed that Landeroes is still in his native Mexico, although he may have since moved to Central America. Some believe Landeros has also managed to find a way to return to the United States, with one of Sue's friend stating that he thinks he is smart enough to evade arrest.
Extra Notes:

  • This case was first released on the July 21, 2021 episode of the Unsolved Mysteries podcast.
  • Landeros was previously profiled on The Hunt with John Walsh.

Results: Captured. Sadly, Sue's father and mother passed away in 2014 and 2022 respectively, without seeing their daughter's killer apprehended. On December 13, 2022, Landeros was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, after the FBI received information that he was living there.
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