California murder suspect arrested in Peru after wife’s body was found dumped in forest near LA

LANCASTER Calif AP A man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in a Southern California forest earlier this month has been arrested in Peru and will be extradited back to the U S to face a murder charge Los Angeles authorities declared Wednesday The Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department revealed it was informed by the Consulate General of Peru that Jossimar Cabrera surrendered to executives in the capital city of Lima Sheylla Cabrera s body was unveiled Aug at the bottom of an embankment in Angeles National Forest south of the LA County city of Lancaster where the couple lived with their three young sons The -year-old had been shared missing on Aug Homicide detectives revealed they located surveillance footage of Jossimar Cabrera dragging a heavy object wrapped in a large piece of material from their apartment complex When the victim s body was discovered it was wrapped in similar material the sheriff s department revealed The Los Angeles County district attorney s office last week filed a murder charge against Jossimar Cabrera It wasn t known Wednesday if he has an attorney The suspect had fled to Peru with the couple s three sons Peru s foreign ministry disclosed Aug on social media that it had repatriated the children back to Los Angeles via Mexico City to be reunited with their mother s family It will take several months in order to extradite Cabrera to the United States but with a current order in place he will be kept in Peruvian custody pending his extradition a sheriff s department comment stated The coroner s office will determine Sheylla Cabrera s cause of death Source