Luis Reyes

Murderer

2known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Kent County, Delaware, USA
Date of birth: February 8, 1977
Age at first offence: 19
Characteristics: murder for hire, drugs
Victim profile: Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe (teenagers)
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: January 20, 1996
Years active: 1996
Date of arrest: 1999
Status: Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on March 14, 2002

Case Summary

Case information

Name: Luis Reyes (Luis E. Reyes)
Date of birth: 02/08/1977
Race: White
Gender: Male
Offence: Murder 1st (2 Counts)
Date of offence: 01/21/1996
Sentence: Sentenced to death on 03/14/2002
Court / opinion reference: The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware opinion 149 & 171, 2002

Timeline

01/21/1996 — A pedestrian discovered the bodies of Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe in a wooded area of Rockford Park.
03/14/2002 — Luis Reyes was sentenced to death.

The offence

On January 21, 1996, Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe were found dead in a wooded area of Rockford Park. The victims appeared to have been killed and then dragged to the location in the woods. They were covered in a maroon bed sheet. Both victims had been shot in the back of the head. Vaughn Rowe had also been beaten.

Investigation

Wilmington Police Detective Mark Lemon was assigned as the chief investigator. Police eventually regarded Luis Cabrera as a suspect. Several items of physical evidence linked Cabrera to the victims.

Within a week of the murders, Cabrera returned to a store in Wilmington with a pager that belonged to Saunders. Cabrera later told police that he had found the pager on the ground near his father’s home. Police also recovered from Rowe a watch that was programmed with the phone number to Cabrera’s father’s home. When police searched Saunders’ bedroom, they found an ISS Service system business card on which was written “434-6154 Big Lou.”

Cabrera and Luis Reyes both worked at ISS. Some people knew Cabrera as “Big Louie” and Reyes as “Little Louie.”

Sentencing

Luis Reyes was sentenced to death on 03/14/2002.

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