The Coronado Police say they have arrested a man who attempted to drown his wife and bury her alive at the beach.
Just before 9 p.m. last night, dispatchers received a 911 call from a woman who stated that her husband had just tried to kill her on the beach. Officers responded to the 900 block of Ocean Blvd. and found the badly injured woman on the sidewalk. It appears the couple came to the beach earlier in the evening.
According to police, At some point they got into an argument when the suspect began attacking his wife. He attempted to throw her in the ocean, then burying her in a hole in the sand. The victim escaped and ran towards Ocean Blvd. where she was found on the sidewalk by a passerby. Paramedics arrived on scene and transported her to a trauma center in San Diego.
The suspect was located a short time later hiding in the backyard of a home on Alameda Blvd.
Jose Luis Mares III, 10/2/1997, of Moreno Valley, was arrested and charged with the following:
- PC 664/187-Attempted Murder,
- PC 245 (a) (4) Assault Causing Great Bodily Injury,
- PC 273.5 (a) Domestic Violence,
- PC 236- False Imprisonment,
- PC 3056 Parole Violation.
