Deputies say the current homicide investigation is not connected to an earlier murder case at the same property.
DUNNELLON, Fla. — Human remains found behind a Marion County home have drawn attention to a missing father, his jailed son and a property where an unrelated murder case surfaced years earlier.
The current investigation centers on 43-year-old Andres Bahamon-Prada, who was last seen May 7, and his 25-year-old son, Andres Bahamon, who is charged with tampering with evidence. Deputies said Bahamon-Prada’s family reported him missing May 16. Two days later, an arrest report said investigators found signs of possible gunfire at the Dunnellon home and later discovered a rolled carpet suspected to contain human remains in disturbed dirt behind the residence.
The home sits on Northwest 225th Avenue in Dunnellon, an area of Marion County where the case quickly drew local attention because of what deputies found outside. According to WESH, property owners Cindy and Shawn Wilkey bought the property in 2017 and had rented it to Bahamon-Prada since last November. The father and son lived there together. Deputies did not publicly describe the full layout of the property, but their report placed the key discoveries around the back glass door, the porch, steps and the backyard soil.
The address had been in the news before. In 2009, human remains were found in a burn pit in the same backyard. That case involved Zachary Snyder, who later pleaded guilty to murder after first claiming innocence. WESH reported that the victim in the earlier case was a woman Snyder had described as his grandmother. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the 2009 case and the current investigation are not connected. Still, the repeat discovery of remains at the same location became a striking part of the public story around Bahamon-Prada’s disappearance.
The current case began far from the backyard, with Bahamon-Prada’s mother trying to account for her missing son. She told authorities she last saw him May 7, when he visited her in Williston and then went to the gym. When she could not reach him, she texted her grandson, Bahamon, who said he did not know where his father was. Court documents said Bahamon also made an unusual remark about his father preventing a flower from blooming. Deputies later said the family’s missing-person report came in May 16.
The grandmother’s account changed after she saw Bahamon at a store. She told investigators that Bahamon said he had killed his father. Deputies then had a new statement to compare with physical evidence at the home. An arrest report said a corporal found a shattered back glass door with what looked like a bullet hole. A bullet casing was near the porch. Another possible bullet hole was found in steps, and there was a stain nearby. Detectives then obtained a search warrant for a closer examination of the property.
During the search, detectives dug into freshly disturbed dirt in the backyard and found the rolled carpet. Officials said it was suspected to contain human remains, but they had not publicly confirmed the identity of the remains. That detail left the case in a careful legal posture. Bahamon-Prada was still described in reports as missing. Bahamon was a person of interest. The only charge announced against him was tampering with evidence, and investigators had not publicly released a cause of death, a murder weapon or a final medical examiner finding.
Family communications became another part of the case file. Court documents said Bahamon sent his mother, who lives in Germany, what appeared to be a photo of Bahamon-Prada’s dead body. She forwarded the image to Bahamon-Prada’s mother and told her that Bahamon had warned her not to get in his way. The grandmother asked Bahamon whether her son was dead or alive. According to the documents, Bahamon answered, “I think he’s dead,” and made another statement about where he believed his father was. Deputies later found Bahamon and interviewed him, but police said he did not cooperate.
The investigation remained active beyond the house and backyard. Deputies were searching for Bahamon-Prada’s silver 2007 Infiniti M35, saying the vehicle could hold important evidence. They did not publicly say whether the car was missing from the property, where it was last seen or who may have had it after May 7. The vehicle could help investigators fill in the movement of Bahamon-Prada or others after he was last known to be alive.
Bahamon is being held without bond at the Marion County Jail. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 23. The case could change if the remains are identified as Bahamon-Prada, if the medical examiner determines how the person died or if prosecutors decide there is enough evidence to file more charges. For now, the property links two disturbing discoveries across 17 years, but deputies say the cases themselves are separate.
The latest investigation stands with one man missing, one son jailed on an evidence charge and one Dunnellon backyard under renewed scrutiny. The next scheduled court date is June 23.
Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.