{"id":181904,"date":"2026-02-17T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/181904\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:36:10","slug":"california-woman-accused-of-decapitating-boyfriend-and-fleeing-to-mexico-faces-murder-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/181904\/","title":{"rendered":"California Woman Accused of Decapitating Boyfriend and Fleeing to Mexico, Faces Murder Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

A California woman has been charged with murder after her boyfriend was found decapitated in her home and she fled to Mexico, according to the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a gruesome scene, the headless body of Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, 55, was found in the Anaheim, Calif., home of Alyssa Marie Lira, 23, on Aug. 25.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, Lira is an exotic dancer who met the victim where she worked. They\u2019d been dating for two months.<\/p>\n

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Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/p>\n

After discovering the body, cops identified Lira as a suspect and learned she\u2019d crossed the border into Mexico.<\/p>\n

Homicide detectives in Anaheim worked with the FBI in Mexico, authorities in Mexico and the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s office to track down Lira, authorities said.<\/p>\n

After several months, she was found hiding out at a home in Mexico and taken into custody on Jan. 22. Mexican authorities turned Lira over to Anaheim police at a border checkpoint the following day.<\/p>\n

Besides the murder rap, Lira has also been charged with personally using a weapon. She was held without bail pending a February hearing. If convicted of both felony charges, she faces a sentence of 25 years to life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNothing \u2014 not time, not distance nor foreign borders \u2014 will thwart our pursuit of justice,\u201d Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrange County law enforcement will continue to go to the very ends of the Earth to carry out our mission and hold criminals accountable for the heinous acts they commit.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story California Woman Accused of Decapitating Boyfriend and Fleeing to Mexico, Faces Murder Charges<\/a> first appeared on Globe<\/a>. Add Globe as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California woman has been charged with murder after her boyfriend was found decapitated in her home and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[76265,7,9,8,2457,611,86190],"class_list":["post-181904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-alyssa-marie-lira","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-mexico","tag-orange-county","tag-orange-county-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}