Overview
- Authorities say deputies found unidentified human remains in a Forest Road crawlspace on Oct. 28, 2020, and the San Bernardino County Cold Case Homicide Team reopened the probe in 2023.
- Further DNA analysis after the cold-case review identified the remains as 29-year-old Jill Maiorca, who had been reported missing in 2007.
- Detectives say evidence indicates Jill was killed in November 2006 and that her remains were hidden beneath the house without the homeowner’s knowledge.
- Her former husband, 53-year-old Jeff Maiorca, was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody Monday, Sept. 21; reports say he was detained at the Big Bear Lake branch library and is being held without bail.
- Officials have not disclosed all the evidence linking the suspect to the killing and are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Malcolm Page or Sergeant Justin Giles at 909-890-4916.