Husband flees country before missing wife's body is found in forest, CA cops say
Sheylla Cabrera, 33, was first reported missing Aug. 12, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in an Aug. 19 news release.
As detectives investigated her disappearance further, they found video surveillance on Aug. 13 that showed Cabrera's 'husband dragging a large object in a large piece of material from the apartment complex' in Lancaster, where the two lived with their three young sons, deputies said.
McClatchy News is not naming the 36-year-old husband as he has not been formally charged.
Additional information led deputies to suspect foul play in Cabrera's disappearance, and homicide detectives joined the investigation, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies said they entered Cabrera's three children into a missing persons system.
An investigator requested multiple search and rescue agencies to search Angeles National Forest on Aug. 13 and notified the Mexican General Consulate and the Peruvian General Consulate about Cabrera's husband, deputies said.
Soon after, deputies said they were notified that the husband had already fled the country.
Four days after Cabrera was reported missing, deputies said her children were found in Peru and taken into protective custody Aug. 16.
The same day, the Montrose Mountain Search and Rescue Team told deputies they spotted an object that looked similar to the one the husband was seen taking 'over the side of an embankment' in the forest.
An investigator found that the material concealed Cabrera's body, according to deputies.
The Los Angles County Medical Examiner's Office will determine Cabrera's cause of death, deputies said.
Investigators will present the case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, suggesting murder charges be filed against Cabrera's husband and requesting proper documentation to bring him back to the country, deputies said, adding that they believe he is in Peru.
Lancaster is about a 60-mile drive north from Los Angeles.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
41 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Thirteen arrested over murders of Mexico City officials
Thirteen people were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the murders of two close aides to Mexico City's mayor three months ago, Mayor Clara Brugada said. Brugada's personal secretary Ximena Guzman and advisor Jose "Pepe" Munoz were gunned down during rush hour on a busy avenue in the Mexican capital on May 20. Among the 13 arrested were "three people who participated directly" in the attack, as well as "others linked to the logistical preparation," Brugada told a press conference. The arrests were made at dawn as part of a joint operation between local and federal authorities as well as the army. Despite the apparent hallmarks of a gang hit, Brugada did not speak about a motive. After the murders, public prosecutor Bertha Alcalde Lujan said it was "a direct attack with a significant degree of planning, and those who carried it out had prior experience." Guzman and Munoz were both members of President Claudia Sheinbaum's Morena party, which also governs Mexico City. Brugada is a close ally of Sheinbaum, who has condemned the attack as "deplorable." While Mexico City has been spared the worst of the country's raging criminal violence, it is not the first high-profile attack targeting public officials in the capital. In June 2020, the city's then security chief Omar Garcia Harfuch survived an attack by heavily armed gunmen who killed two of his bodyguards and a passerby. Garcia Harfuch, who is now Sheinbaum's national security minister, was wounded in the shooting, which he blamed on the powerful drug trafficking group Jalisco New Generation Cartel. sem/axm/dl/acb
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Stockton man thrust into national spotlight after fatal collision in Florida
Aug. 20—A long-haul truck driver accused of killing three people in a Florida traffic collision was arrested in San Joaquin County over the weekend. Newsweek reported on Monday that 28-year-old Stockton resident Harjinder Singh was arrested by U.S. Marshals on suspicion of three counts of vehicular homicide. He was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on Saturday, and appeared for arraignment Tuesday, according to inmate records. The Miami Herald reported that the Aug. 12 crash occurred when Singh attempted to make a U-turn in his 18-wheeler at an "official use only" area of the Florida Turnpike 19 miles north of Fort Pierce. The truck was blocking all the northbound lanes as a 2015 black Chrysler Town & Country minivan approached in the middle lane and slammed into the 18-wheeler, killing its three occupants. Two passengers in the minivan — a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach and a 54-year-old man from Miami — died at the scene. The driver, a 30-year-old man from Florida City, later died at a hospital, according to the Herald. Neither Singh or as his passenger, 25-year-old Harneet Singh of Yuba City, were injured in the collision. The pair flew to Sacramento on Aug. 13, as law enforcement does not make an arrest at the scene of vehicle crashes, the Herald reported. Vehicular homicide is punishable by as much as 15 years in prison in that state. According to Newsweek, federal immigration authorities have issued a detainer which could lead to deportation proceedings once the criminal case is concluded, reports state. In his monthly address to the public posted on social media, San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow said he was not able to hold Singh, an undocumented immigrant, on an ICE hold due to California law. "He's from out of the country, and he's here illegally, but California does not allow me to honor the ICE hold because he has committed no prior crimes," Withrow said. "We don't know if this was gross negligence or an intentional act." The Florida Highway Patrol told the Herald that Singh, who has a commercial driver's license in California, entered the United States illegally in 2018 through the Mexican border. It's unclear how he obtained a commercial driver's license, as California law requires applicants to show proof they are in the U.S. legally, among other requirements, according to the California Commercial Driver's Handbook. California's AB 60 allows undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver's license if they can provide proof of identity and residency. These licenses are marked "not for federal identification." Singh had been linked online to a 2019 crash in Arkansas that destroyed a historic bridge, but officials confirmed to Newsweek Monday he wasn't involved in that accident. That driver, also named Harjinder Singh, was fired by the US Citylink Corporation following the crash, reports state. News of the Florida crash went national, the Herald reported, with Singh being at the center of several social media posts by the Trump administration on Sunday and Monday, prompting a response from Gov. Gavin Newsom. In one post, Newsom's press office said the federal government issued Singh an employment authorization document during Trump's first term, which allows foreign nationals to work legally in the U.S. In response, Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said Singh's work authorization was rejected in 2020 while Trump was in office and approved the following year under the Biden administration, the Herald reported. San Joaquin County District Attorney Ron Freitas filed a petition for a fugitive warrant against Singh on Tuesday. Singh agreed to waive extradition and awaiting transport to Florida. "Public safety depends on strong collaboration between states," Freitas said. "Our office has fulfilled its role in this matter, and Harjinder Singh will now face consequences in Florida."
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Julio César Chávez Jr. immediately arrested in Mexico after U.S. deportation, placed in maximum-security prison
Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported from the United States to his native Mexico, where the boxer was immediately arrested and jailed in Sonora. Chávez was initially arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in early July — just four days after losing a unanimous decision to Jake Paul — in Studio City, California, for overstaying his visa and lying on a green-card application. He was detained in the U.S. for more than a month before he could be deported and arrested in Mexico for alleged involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition and explosives. It is claimed that the four-year investigation into Chávez began in 2019 and found him to have ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, with a warrant issued for his arrest in Mexico in 2023. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Chávez's deportation on Tuesday to reporters. Chávez Jr. is currently being held in a federal maximum-security prison in Hermosillo, Sonora. Chávez, a former WBC middleweight champion, is the son of the legendary boxer Julio César Chávez Sr. He famously battled Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in 2017 but lost handily in the all-Mexican affair. Recently, Chávez Jr. has been battling alcohol addiction and has competed at a lower level since quitting on the stool against Daniel Jacobs in 2019. Chávez's loss to Paul was a disappointment for many boxing purists as the former champion was reluctant to engage for much of the contest, though when he did let his hands go in the final couple of rounds, he had success — leading many to feel that if he had began the fight with the intent to win, rather than survive, he might've emerged victorious against Paul.
