A Ventura County man wanted for the murder of his wife in October has been found dead near the U.S.- Mexico border.
Jose Guzman’s body was discovered December 4th on a ranch in Imperial County. Imperial County officials say he died from a self-inflected gunshot wound.
Guzman was wanted for the fatal beating of his wife, Stacey Richards-Guzman October 28th at the couple’s Walker Avenue home in Camarillo. Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of a domestic disturbance found the badly beaten woman at the home. She later died at a hospital.
Jose Guzman had fled the scene, and authorities have been looking for him since his disappearance.