Overview

• Officers responded just before 3 a.m. Sunday to a home on the 900 block of Wainwright Drive after an adult son reported finding his mother deceased.
• The woman was found inside the residence with signs of trauma, prompting a homicide investigation.
• Investigators identified San Jose resident Venko Gospodinov, 60, and used automatic license plate readers to link him to the Capitola area.
• California Highway Patrol officers arrested Gospodinov in Capitola without incident, and he was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of murder.
• Police say this is San Jose’s 22nd homicide of 2025, and the medical examiner will release the victim’s identity after next-of-kin notification.