A lacking younger lady was discovered lifeless within the Santa Cruz Mountains this weekend, mere hours after police shot a person who they are saying was threatening the couple’s 3-year-old daughter with a knife.
The saga unfolded Saturday night time when a person recognized by police as Joshua Gonzalez confirmed up exterior the Watsonville Police Division along with his 3-year-old daughter, authorities wrote in a Fb put up.
Gonzalez, authorities mentioned, referred to as the dispatch middle and mentioned “he was armed with a knife and was going to harm” the kid.
An officer on patrol got here throughout Gonzalez and ordered him to drop the knife. Authorities allege Gonzalez “ignored his instructions and charged on the officer, who, in return, opened fireplace,” in line with the Fb put up.
Gonzalez was taken to a close-by hospital, the place he was listed in secure situation. The woman was unhurt and positioned within the care of kin.
A lacking particular person report was issued shortly after police and members of the family had been unable to contact the woman’s mom, 25-year-old Lizbeth Arceo Sedano.
The subsequent morning, 10 miles or so north of Watsonville, deputies with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Workplace had been dispatched to the Santa Cruz Mountains after somebody found a physique close to Eureka Canyon and Grizzly Flat roads, the workplace wrote in a Fb put up.
Murder detectives had been despatched to the scene and recognized the physique as Sedano’s.
“Her demise is being investigated as suspicious,” sheriff’s officers mentioned, including that trigger and method of demise can be decided by a health worker.
