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Brittany Killgore filed for divorce
Brittany Killgore filed for divorce from her husband, an active-duty Marine named Cory Killgore. He was deployed to Afghanistan. She cited irreconcilable differences and said they had been separated since Jan. 2012. They were married for a year and a half. Divorce filling between Brittany Killgore and Cory Killgore -
Last time Brittany Killgore was seen
Brittany Killgore was last seen in Fallbrook with Louis Ray Perez, 45, a Camp Pendleton-based Marine, police said. -
Killgore sends desparate text message
Killgore sends a friend a text message asking for "help." -
Brittany Killgore reported missing
Brittany Killgore was reported missing after a stranger called her family from her cell phone, according to family members. A homeless man who found Killgore's cell phone in the Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego was trying to sell it to the stranger. Body believed to be missing Missouri resident -
Louis Ray Perez arrested on weapon-theft charges
Camp Pendleton-based Marine Louis Ray Perez, 45, was arrested on an unrelated gun charge, authorities said. Perez was with Killgore when she was last seen, authorities said. FALLBROOK: Canyon searched for missing woman; man arrested on gun charge -
Red Cross arranging to fly Killgore's husband back from Afghanistan
Red Cross arranging to fly Killgore's husband, Cory Killgore, back from Afghanistan. -
Jessica Lynn Lopez arrested
Jessica Lynn Lopez, 27, was arrested the morning of April 17 in a Point Loma motel. She was taken to the hospital for medical attention before being booked into the Las Colinas women's jail in Santee late that same night, according to the jail's website. She and Perez were roommates in a Fallbrooke house near Killgore's residence. -
Woman's body found in a rural area near Temecula
A suicide note that Jessica Lynn Lopez wrote reportedly included information leading investigators to a body. The body was found in a rural area near Temecula, north of Lake Skinner, said San Diego County Sheriff's Capt. Duncan Fraser. -
Killgore was supposed to fly to her parent's home in Pennsylvania
Killgore planned to fly to her parents' home in Pa, said her grandma Cheryl Coble of Farmington, Mo. Killgore's carry-on and laptop were found at her Fallbrook apartment. Her belongings had been packed and shipped to her parent's home, Coble said. FALLBROOK: Missing woman was planning to leave the area to be with her family -
Perez arraigned in Vista
Perez arraigned in Vista on charges of possessing a stolen military assault rifle. He pleaded not guilty. He was ordered jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail. Perez was named as a person of interest in a homicide. FALLBROOK: Marine last seen with missing woman pleads not guilty to gun charges -
Body found near Temecula id'd as Brittany Killgore
The body found near Temecula was identified as Brittany Killgore, according to San Diego County medical examiners office. -
Lopez arraigned in Vista
Jessica Lopez, 25, pleaded not guilty to murdering Brittany Killgore. Lopez was ordered to remain jailed in lieu of $3 million bail.
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Marine arrested on suspicion of murdering Brittany Dawn Killgore
Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Ray Perez of Fallbrook, who has been jailed on suspicion of possessing a stolen assault rifle, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Brittany Killgore. Detectives said they submitted the case to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, and prosecutors will decide whether to charge the suspect with murder. Investigators said Perez was the last person seen with Killgore, and a county prosecutor described him as a "person of interest" in her disappearance. -
Prosecutor says Killgore's blood found in Perez' car
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Perez, 45, had been arrested within days of Killgore's disappearance on a stolen weapons charge, but was not formally linked to the murder until the week of April 26. On April 26 Prosecutor Patrick Espinoza said that investigators found a possible murder weapon and Killgore's blood in Perez's car. He didn't say what the weapon was, nor did he suggest a motive. -
Third suspect arrested in Killgore case
A Fallbrook woman is the third suspect arrested in connection with the death of Brittany Dawn Killgore, authorities said. Dorothy Grace Marie Maraglino, 36, was arrested at 6:30 p.m. May 10 at an unnamed hotel in downtown San Diego. Investigators did not say what crimes Maraglino was suspected of, only that she had been arrested during the investigation of Killgore's homicide. According to public records, Maraglino lived at a house in Fallbrook with the two other suspects. -
Third suspect in Killgore death pleads not guilty
A third suspect tied to the mid-April slaying of Brittany Killgore, Dorothy Grace Marie Maraglino, pleaded not guilty to murder. She was ordered to be held in jail in lieu of $3 million bail. A court bailiff is shown escorting Maraglino into the courtroom at her arraignment at the Vista Courthouse. BILL WECHTER | bwechter@nctimes.com -
Warrants in Killgore homicide to become public
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Runston Maino unseals three of 22 search warrants in the Brittany Killgore case. The warrants contain details about the circumstances surrounding the death of Killgore. The warrants also contain details about the three Fallbrook roommates accused of conspiring to kill the young woman. Maino put that order on hold, to give prosecutors and defense attorneys time to seek an order from a higher court to block the release. -
Appeals court unseals search warrants
An appeals court on July 18 gave the go-ahead to unseal three search warrants arising from the investigation. The warrants contain details about the circumstances surrounding the death of Killgore. The warrants also contain details about the three Fallbrook roommates accused of conspiring to kill the young woman.
