A man suspected of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in their Montebello home last month surrendered to authorities Monday at the Mexico-U.S. border.
Feb. 20 in the 600 block of North 20th Street in Montebello by a family member who went to check on her, according to sheriff’s homicide Lt. Holly Francisco.
Deputies said detectives received information Martinez had fled to Mexico.
Martinez will be arraigned today at East L.A. Superior Court.
Coroner’s officials on Tuesday named the driver who was killed after her car plunged 275 feet below Angeles Crest Highway.
Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, identified the woman as Maral Racquel Joulakian, 43, of Montrose.
According to sheriff’s officials, Joulakian was a missing person but they didn’t say how long she’s been missing and where she was last seen.
The crash at mile marker 32.5. was discovered Monday afternoon by Caltrans workers, who contacted the California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Fire and the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Fitch said the driver had been ejected from the car and her body was found about 100 feet away from the vehicle.
A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to break into a home and for taking a pair of shoes from an unlocked car.
The incident took place shortly before 3 a.m. in the 500 block of N. Marguerita Avenue.
Window screens had been removed from a house but the culprit didn’t enter the residence, according to Alhambra police Lt. Sean Heckers.
A pair of shoes were then taken from an unlocked vehicle, he added.
Police closed off the neighborhood and searched but didn’t find their quarry. Officers remained in the area after the containment was lifted, Heckers said.
They found the suspect on Atlantic Boulevard and Woodward Avenue around 5:24 a.m.
Heckers said Shan Hai, 18, of Alhambra was arrested on suspicion of burglary.
The arraignment for a gang member suspected of killing his girlfriend, two rival gang members and a North Whittier man has been continued to March 18.
Jose Luis Saenz was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Nov. 22 and was extradited to California.