Man suspected of killing his wife in California is extradited back to the US from Peru

LOS ANGELES– A man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in a Southern California forest has been extradited from Peru to the United States to face a murder charge, Los Angeles officials said.

Jossimar Cabrera, 36, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport Friday evening after being detained in Peru since late August, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The prosecution filed charges against him for murder. It was unclear Sunday whether he had an attorney.

Sheylla Cabrera’s body was found Aug. 16 at the foot of an embankment in the Angeles National Forest, south of the Los Angeles County town of Lancaster, where the couple lived with their three young sons. The 33-year-old man was reported missing on August 12.

Homicide detectives said they found surveillance footage of Jossimar Cabrera dragging a heavy object wrapped “in a large piece of cloth” from their apartment complex. When the victim’s body was discovered, it was wrapped in similar material, the sheriff’s department said.

The suspect fled to Peru with the couple’s three sons. Peru’s Foreign Ministry said on social media on August 16 that it had repatriated the children to Los Angeles to reunite with their mother’s family.

Sheylla Cabrera’s cause of death has not been released.