ANAHEIM, Calif. (WKRC) – A 23-year-old woman allegedly beheaded her 55-year-old boyfriend after just 2 months of dating and abandoned his headless body in her home to flee the country.
Officers were dispatched to the home of 23-year-old Alyssa Marie Lira, an exotic dancer from Anaheim, at around 2 p.m. on August 25, 2025 after someone called 911 to report the discovery of a beheaded body inside the house, according to a statement from Anaheim Police public information office Matt Sutter obtained by Law&Crime.
The body was that of 55-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, who was in a relationship with Lira at the time, according to authorities. The pair were allegedly dating for roughly two months before the incident. Investigators reportedly determined that Gonzalez-Carbajal had been decapitated with a knife, but they were not sure what kind.
Police soon learned that Lira “immediately fled to Mexico” after the slaying and began searching for her with help from Mexican authorities, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. She was found five months after the murder occurred and was brought back to the United States.
Lira was arrested and charged with murder and a felony enhancement of personally using a weapon. If she is convicted, she faces a max sentence of 26 years to life.
“This poor human was brutalized,” Director of Public Affairs Kimberly Edds told Law&Crime. “Hopefully she’ll remain in custody.”