Crime & Safety

Marine Arrested in Killgore Murder Investigation

Louis Ray Perez, 45, was arrested Tuesday. Investigators say Killgore was last seen with him.

 

The San Diego County Sheriff announced today that a second arrest was made in connection with the murder of Fallbrook resident Brittany Dawn Killgore.

Louis Ray Perez — a 45-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton — was arrested Tuesday on charges of murder. Perez has been a person of interest since Killgore's disappearance on April 13. He was last seen with Killgore, according to authorities.

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He pleaded

She was charged with first degree murder on April 19 but

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Killgore, wife of 22-year-old Marine Cory Killgore, was last seen alive on April 13.

on April 17 near Lake Skinner, east of Temecula.


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