Man arrested six years after his spouse’s stays have been present in a crawlspace

A person in Southern California is dealing with homicide expenses in connection to his spouse’s killing 20 years in the past.

Jeff Anthony Maiorca, 53, was arrested Monday after native authorities in San Bernardino found the stays of Jill Maiorca hidden within the crawlspace beneath a house in Big Bear.

Jill Maiorca was reported lacking from Big Bear Lake in 2007 and authorities now say she was murdered in November 2006, in accordance with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. She was 29.

Authorities resumed their investigation into her disappearance on Oct. 28, 2020, when deputies from the Big Bear Sheriff’s Station responded to a name from somebody who reported “a suspicious discovery within the crawlspace” below a residence, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department mentioned in a news release on Monday evening. Upon arrival, they notice that hidden beneath the house have been “unidentified human stays.”

An post-mortem carried out on the stays decided the style of dying to be murder.

In 2023, the stays have been recognized as these of Jill Maiorca following “extra investigative DNA evaluation” after chilly case murder investigators took over the case, in accordance with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Her stays had lengthy been hid beneath the Big Bear home with out the house owner’s information.

Cold case detectives finally recognized Jill Maiorca’s former husband, Jeff Maiorca, as a suspect in her homicide.

Public information present Jeff Maiorca had filed for divorce from Jill Maiorca in Los Angeles County in 2004.

Local authorities detained Jeff Maiorca on Monday afternoon on the Big Bear Lake department library on Garstin Drive, arrest records show. He is at the moment being held with out bail on the High Desert Jail in Adelanto, California.

Records from the San Bernardino County Superior Court in California present Jeff Maiorca had an preliminary listening to on Wednesday. He was formally charged with homicide and use of a lethal weapon, information present.

Records don’t but listing an legal professional for Jeff Maiorca. His subsequent courtroom listening to is scheduled for Oct. 12.

The investigation into Jill Maiorca’s disappearance and dying stay ongoing. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is encouraging anybody with info to contact their homicide detail team.