Man Named Beneficiary of $300K Life Insurance Policy Allegedly Shoots Victim in Airbnb, Police Report

Authorities in Maryland suspect a man, named as the beneficiary of another man’s life insurance policy, murdered him just two weeks later and disposed of his body elsewhere.

Bryan Alberto Cazares, aged 28, has been charged with several offenses, including first- and second-degree murder, in the case of Wilson Estuardo Marroquin Caceros, who was 29 years old. This was reported by the Anne Arundel County Police Department, which stated that Cazares is currently detained at the Jennifer Road Detention Center without bail.

Officials reported that on August 17, 2025, Cazares and Caceros were together at a residence located on the 1600 block of Fullerton Road in Edgewater, Maryland. This area is near the South River and approximately 30 miles from Washington, D.C. Investigators allege that Cazares committed the murder that day.

On the subsequent evening at approximately 11:30 p.m., the Baltimore Police Department received a call about a body discovered on the 2700 block of Manokin Street in Baltimore, which lies about 25 miles to the north. Officers arrived to find Caceros with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was pronounced dead, and an autopsy confirmed the cause of death as homicide.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department identified Cazares as a suspect, acknowledging that he was previously acquainted with the victim. The investigation continued, during which detectives reportedly discovered evidence implicating him in the crime.

When detectives spoke with the victim’s wife, she told them that “the victim had a $300,000 life insurance policy, for which the beneficiary had been the victim’s immediate family; however, the beneficiary was recently changed to a male named Bryan Cazares,” according to court records reviewed by The Baltimore Banner.

Authorities say detectives returned to the Edgewater residence where the two men were purported to have stayed, and it was apparently an Airbnb rental. Officers got in contact with the owner of the residence, who told them that someone who identified themselves as “Cesasar Ramos” was renting it on the day in question.

“The owner also told investigators that after the occupants vacated, she went to the house and noticed what she believed to be blood stains on the floor, floorboards and walls of the house,” the court documents added. “Furthermore, the owner noted that all the towels and a mop were missing from the house.”

When the owner reached out to the renter and asked them to pay for the home to be cleaned, she said a “Bryan Cazares” sent her $50 via Chase Zelle, per The Banner.

Police believe Cazares shot Caceros to death, then used a red Jeep Cherokee owned by the victim’s wife to transport the body north, where he allegedly dumped it, with detectives claiming security camera footage from a nearby business backs this theory up.

After obtaining a warrant to analyze Cazares’ cellphone records, investigators reportedly discovered that the suspect’s phone went the same route as the red Jeep the night that the victim’s body was dumped. The court records state the suspect contacted detectives to meet, but once they told him video footage contradicted his story about not being with the victim on Aug. 17, he declined to answer more questions.

Caceros is remembered in a GoFundMe ostensibly posted by the mother of his child as a father who “loved our child deeply and worked hard to provide, support, and be present in every way he could. His love and dedication as a father will forever be remembered and cherished.”