Retribution after years: the remains of a woman found in the house of her husband

Police in California have arrested a man accused of killing his wife, who disappeared two decades ago. According to KTLA, the detention became possible after the discovery of human remains and genetic examination.

The victim was 29-year-old Jill Mallorca. She went missing in November 2006 and was wanted in 2007. A key turn in the investigation took place on October 28, 2020. A resident of the town of Big Bar Lake found suspicious objects in the subfield of his housing. Arrived law enforcement officers seized the remains, but then to establish the identity of the deceased failed, and the case was suspended.

In 2023, the department for investigating unsolved crimes resumed work. Experts conducted an extended DNA analysis, which confirmed that the bones belong to Jill Mallorca. Investigators named her husband Jeff Mallorca as the prime suspect. The man filed for divorce in 2004.

Jeff Mallorca was arrested on September 21 and placed in High Desert without bail. Specific evidence of his guilt and motives for the crime have not yet been disclosed. It is also not known exactly how the body ended up in the subfield and how long it lay there. The investigation is ongoing.

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