Man killed and decapitated his grandma, ‘took the victim’s head with him when he left the residence’: Police

Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez (Santa Rosa Police Department)

Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez (Santa Rosa Police Department)

Authorities in California are searching for a 24-year-old man who they say killed one of his female relatives, decapitated her, and then fled with the victim’s head.

Luis Gustavo Aroyo-Lopez, of Santa Rosa, California, is wanted by law enforcement on a homicide warrant for his arrest in the grisly crime, police said.

According to a news release from the Santa Rosa Police Department, officers responded to a residence at about 3:40 p.m. on Thursday in the 2500 block of Pomo Trail regarding a possible homicide. Upon arriving, first responders entered the residence, where they found a dead woman.

Police said the woman had been decapitated and that her head was not found at the residence.

Following a preliminary investigation, detectives said they determined that Aroyo-Lopez killed the victim before leaving. Aroyo-Lopez was recently released from prison and is said to be a relative of the victim.

“It is believed Aroyo-Lopez took the victim’s head with him when he left the residence, and he may still be in possession of it,” police wrote in the release.

Authorities described Aroyo-Lopez as Hispanic, about 5 foot 6 and weighing about 150 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a long-sleeve black hooded sweatshirt or jacket, black pants, and white shoes. He has a large tattoo of the number “420” and a marijuana leaf on the left side of his head. Aroyo-Lopez is believed to have left the Pomo Trail home, walking south on Iroquois Street.

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