David Rivera, a Local Teenager Who Went Missing in 2017, Expected to be Laid to Rest After Memorial Service in Annapolis

This week, David Rivera is expected to be laid to rest, several years after the Annapolis teenager disappeared. Rivera reportedly went missing on August 29, 2017. He was 16 years old at the time. 

An online obituary indicates that David will be laid to rest on Thursday, July 3, after a memorial service at St. John Neumann Mission Church.

According to authorities, Rivera was reported missing on August 30, 2017. He was last seen at his home in the 200 block of Janwall Street in Annapolis at 10:00 a.m. on August 29, 2017. It is unclear where David's remains where specifically located about 7 years later in the summer of 2024.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York released the following statement in January:

On January 16, 2025, in federal court in Central Islip, three members of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, including nine murders committed on Long Island and elsewhere between 2016 and 2017.  David Sosa-Guevara, also known as “Risky,” the New York regional leader of the Hollywood Locos Salvatruchas (Hollywood) clique of MS-13, and Victor Lopez-Morales, also known as “Persa,” a high-ranking member of the Hollywood clique, pleaded guilty on January 16, 2025. 

Sosa-Guevara also admitted to his participation in the murder of 16-year-old Rivera in Maryland. To avoid law enforcement in New York, Sosa-Guevara and another Hollywood member from Long Island relocated to Maryland where they connected with the local Hollywood clique. After arriving, Sosa-Guevara learned of a plan to kill a rival gang member and directed the other Long Island member of his clique to participate. On August 29, 2017, Sosa-Guevara drove the other gang member to a park outside of Edgewater, Maryland, for him to participate in the Rivera murder. The victim was brought to that location by other MS-13 members, attacked with machetes and killed. After the murder, Sosa-Guevara drove the member of his clique away from the scene. Rivera’s body was not found until June 7, 2024.

To read the statement in its entirety, go to:  Three High-Ranking MS-13 Gang Members Plead Guilty to Racketeering Charges in Connection With Nine Murders

In 2022, authorities confirmed that a joint investigation into Rivera's case was active and on going, additional details were not made available. "This is a joint investigation with the Annapolis Police Department," said a spokesperson for the FBI at the time. 

FBI Confirms Joining Efforts With Local Police in Locating David Rivera Nearly 5 Years After His Disappearance - August 26, 2022

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