Murder suspect arrested in Peru after wife's body was found dumped in California forest

Jossimar Cabrera, 36, surrendered in Lima, Peru, after being accused of killing his wife, Sheylla Cabrera, whose body was found Aug. 16 in Angeles National Forest. She had been reported missing on Aug. 12. Homicide detectives located surveillance footage showing Jossimar Cabrera dragging a heavy object wrapped in a large piece of material; the victim's body was found wrapped in similar material. The Los Angeles County district attorney filed a murder charge. The suspect fled to Peru with the couple's three sons; Peru repatriated the children to Los Angeles to be reunited with their mother's family. Extradition will take several months, and Peruvian authorities will hold him pending transfer. The coroner will determine cause of death. It was not known if he has an attorney.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it was informed by the Consulate General of Peru that Jossimar Cabrera, 36, surrendered to authorities in the capital city of Lima. Sheylla Cabrera's body was found Aug. 16 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 33-year-old had been reported missing on Aug. 12.

Homicide detectives said 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 said. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office last week filed a murder charge against Jossimar Cabrera.

The suspect had fled to Peru with the couple's three sons. Peru's foreign ministry said Aug. 16 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 statement said.

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