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US Marine arrested in slaying of estranged wife in Laguna Hills

by SOFREP News Team

LAGUNA HILLS – A 26-year-old U.S. Marine was arrested Friday on suspicion of fatally shooting his estranged wife the day before at her apartment, just a week after she had successfully sought a restraining order against him, authorities and court records show.

The woman’s name was not released pending notification to the famliy.

Jerel Boykins was detained by federal authorities at Camp Pendleton shortly after sheriff’s deputies performed a welfare check around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, and found the 23-year-old woman dead at her Laguna Hills apartment in the 25000 block of Via Lomas, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jaimee Blashaw said.
Read the whole story from the The OC Register.
Featured image courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department

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LAGUNA HILLS – A 26-year-old U.S. Marine was arrested Friday on suspicion of fatally shooting his estranged wife the day before at her apartment, just a week after she had successfully sought a restraining order against him, authorities and court records show.

The woman’s name was not released pending notification to the famliy.

Jerel Boykins was detained by federal authorities at Camp Pendleton shortly after sheriff’s deputies performed a welfare check around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, and found the 23-year-old woman dead at her Laguna Hills apartment in the 25000 block of Via Lomas, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jaimee Blashaw said.
Read the whole story from the The OC Register.
Featured image courtesy of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
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