Overview

• John Maxey Yeager, 56, has been charged with the murder of his wife, YingYing “Dawn” Yu, 40, after her body was found in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
• Yeager was initially arrested on January 11 for domestic violence charges, following inconsistencies in his statements to the police.
• Yu had been reported missing by her employer on January 8, after she failed to contact them for over a week.
• Police found evidence of a domestic violence incident that occurred on December 31, leading to Yeager's arrest.
• Yu had filed for divorce from Yeager in 2020.