Grand jury indicts man framed in Madison teen’s murder

PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) – A Lake County grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old Painesville man accused of shooting a teenager in July.

According to Willoughby police, Fernando Alejo murdered 17-year-old Rogelio Cabrera of Madison at around 12:30 a.m. on July 13.

Cabrera was found lying on the ground in the alley near Barrio Tacos on Erie Street.

Alejo fled the scene after the shooting and was arrested a few hours later in Indiana.

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Alejo was charged with murder, tampering with evidence and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor store.

The affidavit filed in Willoughby Town Court states that Alejo and Cabrera had been living together for the past three months.

“He was like an older brother to him,” said Rogelio’s sister Kayla. “That’s how my brother saw him, too.”