Lancaster man suspected of killing his wife is in custody in Peru, Los Angeles County DA says

The husband of a Lancaster woman who was found dead earlier this month in the Angeles National Forest turned himself in on Wednesday to authorities in Peru, according to the National Police of Peru.

Jossimar Cabrera Cornejo remains under “preventive detention” at the Interpol Lima headquarters, the National Police of Peru said on X. He was under Red Notice, which is a request to law enforcement to find and arrest a fugitive pending extradition.

Cornejo, 36, is wanted as a suspect in his wife’s death. Sheylla Guttiérez’s body was found in the Angeles National Forest days after she was reported missing from Lancaster on Aug. 12. Prosecutors believed that Cornejo fled to Peru after reporting his 33-year-old wife missing…

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