SANTA ROSE, CA - According to authorities, a suspect has been identified in the gruesome beheading of a 64-year-old grandmother whose severed head was found near a stream.
Investigators have determined that 23-year-old Luis Gustavo Arroyo-Lopez, the woman's own grandson, killed her in a "targeted attack" before leaving the murder scene with her head.
The victim, identified as Elvia Lopez-Aroyo was found dead inside of her home in the 500 block of Pomo Trail when officers responded to a report of a possible homicide.
Upon arriving on scene, responding officers noted that the victim's head had been severed and that the head was not found at the scene. Police did, however, recover multiple weapons inside of the home.
Police indicated that further testing of the weapons was warranted to determine the weapon used to murder the woman.
On Saturday, November 4th, in the evening, detectives recovered the grandmother's head on the south bank of the Santa Rose Creek near the Prince Memorial Greenway in Santa Rose. The head was brought to the Sonoma County Coroner's Office for further examination.
The suspect was arrested earlier that day in San Francisco after local police spotted the wanted man at the Transbay Transit Center on Mission Street.
Aroyo-Lopez was booked into a Sonoma County jail on charges of murder and violating post-release community supervision for a previous crime had had committed. He was not granted bail and remains in custody.
According to a rap sheet, the 23-year-old has a violent criminal history, which includes jail time for assault with a deadly weapon and weapons possession charges. Police said that he was recently released from state prison and placed on post-release community supervision.
In a separate incident, a man has been arrested after police discovered a decapitated body in a west-side home in the city of San Antonio, Texas. The suspect, 35-year-old Bradley Adams Dimmick is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of Keith Bryan Dimmick.
Police were called out to the 500 block of Demya Drive around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, October 13th for reports of a suspicious person looking into parked vehicles.
The arrest warrant states that when officers responded to the area, Bradley Dimmick told officers, "I just killed somebody." He reportedly told officers that he killed a person named "Dimmick" and gave officers the address to a home off the 2100 block of San Lucas Street.
Upon arrival, officers immediately saw blood inside the front door. When they entered the home, officers stated that they discovered a dead dog near the front door. Then in the living room, officers said they found a decapitated human body and a severed human head in bathtub.
The arrest warrant states that the investigators found dried blood on Bradley Dimmick's clothing. Detectives wrote in the arrest affidavit that they, "observed a large stomach wound on Keith Dimmick's body and a large stomach wound on the deceased dog." The report stated that, "both of these wounds had intestines extruding from their bodies."
Bradley is facing murder and animal cruelty charges with bonds of the charges totaling more than $1 million.
Investigators have determined that 23-year-old Luis Gustavo Arroyo-Lopez, the woman's own grandson, killed her in a "targeted attack" before leaving the murder scene with her head.
The victim, identified as Elvia Lopez-Aroyo was found dead inside of her home in the 500 block of Pomo Trail when officers responded to a report of a possible homicide.
Upon arriving on scene, responding officers noted that the victim's head had been severed and that the head was not found at the scene. Police did, however, recover multiple weapons inside of the home.
Police indicated that further testing of the weapons was warranted to determine the weapon used to murder the woman.
On Saturday, November 4th, in the evening, detectives recovered the grandmother's head on the south bank of the Santa Rose Creek near the Prince Memorial Greenway in Santa Rose. The head was brought to the Sonoma County Coroner's Office for further examination.
The suspect was arrested earlier that day in San Francisco after local police spotted the wanted man at the Transbay Transit Center on Mission Street.
Aroyo-Lopez was booked into a Sonoma County jail on charges of murder and violating post-release community supervision for a previous crime had had committed. He was not granted bail and remains in custody.
According to a rap sheet, the 23-year-old has a violent criminal history, which includes jail time for assault with a deadly weapon and weapons possession charges. Police said that he was recently released from state prison and placed on post-release community supervision.
In a separate incident, a man has been arrested after police discovered a decapitated body in a west-side home in the city of San Antonio, Texas. The suspect, 35-year-old Bradley Adams Dimmick is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of Keith Bryan Dimmick.
Police were called out to the 500 block of Demya Drive around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, October 13th for reports of a suspicious person looking into parked vehicles.
The arrest warrant states that when officers responded to the area, Bradley Dimmick told officers, "I just killed somebody." He reportedly told officers that he killed a person named "Dimmick" and gave officers the address to a home off the 2100 block of San Lucas Street.
Upon arrival, officers immediately saw blood inside the front door. When they entered the home, officers stated that they discovered a dead dog near the front door. Then in the living room, officers said they found a decapitated human body and a severed human head in bathtub.
The arrest warrant states that the investigators found dried blood on Bradley Dimmick's clothing. Detectives wrote in the arrest affidavit that they, "observed a large stomach wound on Keith Dimmick's body and a large stomach wound on the deceased dog." The report stated that, "both of these wounds had intestines extruding from their bodies."
Bradley is facing murder and animal cruelty charges with bonds of the charges totaling more than $1 million.
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