Six days before a California woman’s body was found in a national forest near Los Angeles, a security camera captured her husband dragging away a large object that appeared to be wrapped in a tarp from their apartment complex during the night, the authorities said.
The footage, from a neighbor’s doorbell camera, is part of an investigation into the death of Sheylla Cabrera, 33, whose remains were found on Aug. 16 in Angeles National Forest — four days after a friend reported her missing. Investigators say that her husband, Jossimar Cabrera, 36, fled the United States after her death.
On Thursday, Mr. Cabrera, who is believed to be Peru, was expected to be formally charged in connection with his wife’s death, said Lt. Michael Modica, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
The Cabreras, whose home is in Lancaster, Calif., about an hour’s drive from where her body was found, are citizens of Peru, where Mr. Cabrera took their three children after his wife’s death, the authorities said.
Mr. Cabrera was briefly detained both in Mexico and Peru after crossing the border by land, Lieutenant Modica said on Thursday. But as he had not been charged, he was released, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
“The Peruvian authorities are being cooperative with us,” Lieutenant Modica said. “They are monitoring him.”
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