A man suspected of fleeing the country after allegedly killing his wife in Lancaster was in custody Wednesday after surrendering to authorities in Peru.
The 36-year-old man, identified by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office as Jossimar Cabrera Cornejo, was charged last week with murder in connection with the death of Sheylla Cabrera, 33, who was the subject of a missing person report made Aug. 12 to the sheriff's Lancaster Station. It was unclear when he might be returned to Los Angeles.
It was unclear exactly when the suspect surrendered, but the sheriff's department was notified Wednesday morning that he was in custody, according to the Sheriff's Information Bureau.
Deputies investigating the disappearance of Sheylla Cabrera "discovered additional video surveillance of the missing person's husband dragging a large object in a large piece of material from the apartment complex in the 500 block of Lancaster Boulevard, where the missing person, her husband and three young sons lived," according to an earlier statement released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "Based on their additional information, they suspected foul play may have been involved with the missing person and notified the (Sheriff's) Homicide Bureau. Homicide investigators responded to the scene and started conducting their investigation, which is currently ongoing.
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"On the same day, investigators were contacted shortly after 10 a.m. by the Montrose Mountain Search and Rescue Team, who reported they had spotted an object similar to the material that was seen being taken away by the person of interest over the side of an embankment in the Angeles National Forest," according to the sheriff's department.
It was discovered that the material contained the body of Sheylla Cabrera, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her official cause of death remains under investigation by the county medical examiner's office.
Investigators learned that the woman's husband had already fled the United States.
The children were also reported missing, but they were subsequently located safe in Peru, authorities said.
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