A developing homicide investigation is underway after a missing woman’s husband was seen on video dragging a large wrapped-up object away from their home just a day before the woman’s body was found dumped in similar state.
On Aug. 12, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to an apartment complex on the 500 block of Lancaster Boulevard in Lancaster to take a missing person report following the disappearance of 33-year-old Sheylla Cabrera.
But that investigation took a turn the following day after detectives viewed surveillance footage from a neighbor’s Ring camera that appeared to show Cabrera’s husband dragging a large item wrapped in some type of material away from their apartment.
After viewing the footage, detectives determined that the woman’s disappearance was suspicious and the LASD Homicide Bureau assumed the lead in the investigation.
Sheylla Cabrera’s husband, 36-year-old Jossimar Cabrera, was immediately identified as a person of interest in the investigation. The couple’s three children were also reported as missing, officials said.
Later that day, search and rescue teams from the Montrose Mountain Search and Rescue team reported finding a suspicious object in the Angeles National Forest that matched the material seen in the Ring camera video. Homicide detectives responded to that scene and confirmed that Sheylla Cabrera’s body was wrapped inside.
Investigators say Jossimar Cabrera is currently in Peru, and the Sheriff’s Department is currently working with local authorities to bring him back to California.
Video shared with KTLA Tuesday showed a man, believed to be Cabrera, being detained by authorities in Peru. The couple’s three children were also located safe in Peru, officials said.
But sources tell KTLA that Cabrera was released pending charges.
If Cabrera is indeed arrested and extradited back to the U.S., he is expected to be charged with murder in his wife’s death, officials said.
Sheylla Cabrera’s cause of death has yet to be released pending an evaluation by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.