Overview
- Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a felony complaint charging Jossimar Cabrero Cornejo, 36, with murder in the killing of his wife, Sheylla Cabrera.
- Search teams found Sheylla Cabrera’s body on Aug. 16 down an embankment in the Angeles National Forest, after investigators obtained video appearing to show her husband dragging a large object from their Lancaster apartment complex.
- The couple’s three children were located safe in Peru and placed into protective custody; authorities and family say the children have since been repatriated and are now with the mother’s relatives.
- Investigators say Cabrero Cornejo fled to Peru, where officials questioned him at Lima’s airport but did not detain him due to the absence of a U.S. arrest warrant at that time.
- The county medical examiner is determining the cause of death, and relatives and neighbors report prior abuse allegations and conflicting explanations the husband gave for Sheylla’s disappearance.