- A man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend with a sword in is now reported to have been in the United States illegally.
- Jose Solano Landaeta, charged with murdering Karina Castro, entered the country on a tourist visa roughly a decade ago and did not leave, the Santa Monica Observer reported citing sources with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Castro’s family said she was killed outside her Northern California home on the street during the day, KGO-TV reported.