Professor’s brutal murder leads to decade-long manhunt
ABC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Sue Marcum, a beloved accounting professor and active community member, was found brutally murdered in her Bethesda home on October 25, 2010, sparking a decade-long investigation.
- Authorities discovered a life insurance policy linking Marcum to Jorge Rueda Landeros, a former romantic partner and yoga teacher, who had mismanaged over $300,000 of her money and became a prime suspect.
- DNA evidence matched Landeros to the crime scene, but he fled and lived under the alias Leon Ferrara in Mexico until his arrest and extradition to Maryland in December 2022.
- During the trial, Landeros pleaded not guilty, claiming the murder was a burglary gone wrong, but was ultimately convicted of second-degree
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