Jose Solano Landaeta identified as the man who beheaded his girlfriend and mother of 2 with a sword in Bay Area of California

Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Jose Solano Landaeta identified as the man who beheaded his girlfriend and mother of 2 with a sword in Bay Area of California.

The suspect and victim had been in a relationship, but law enforcement sources told ABC7’s sister station KGO-TV that in April she had gotten a temporary restraining order against the suspect, identified as Hayward resident Jose Solano Landaeta.

The suspect returned to the scene as officers were investigating the woman’s death and was taken into custody.

The victim was described as a woman in her 20s with two young daughters.

San Mateo County jail records show Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta, 33, was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on suspicion of one count of murder. Landaeta, who has previously lived in Hayward, was held without bail and given a tentative court date of 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Officers said the victim, who has yet to be identified, was the mother of two girls, 7 and 1, who did not witness the crime. 

The terrified children were calling for their mother as they were taken into the care of Child Protective Services. 

Lieutenant Eamon Allen told reporters that the incident happened in the middle of the street and in broad daylight on Thursday morning, where witnesses watched as their neighbor was cut down. 

Chapel Thorborne said he caught sight of the horrific scene from the steps of his home near the corner of Laurel Street and Magnolia Avenue, in San Carlos. 

‘The head was underneath the car and she was laying in the back of the car- just severed,’ he told ABC. 

“They arrived within minutes and found an obviously deceased female in the street in that area,” Allen said. “They began to work the scene and shortly thereafter, the male suspect arrived back at the scene and was quickly detained by sheriff’s deputies. He was later placed under arrest for homicide. We can confirm that a stabbing instrument was used in the commission of the crime. That weapon is still outstanding.”

The victim’s name is being withheld pending family notification.

“Anytime someone loses their life it’s certainly a tragedy,” Allen said. “As far as the shocking nature of it, I do know that the deputies that first arrived on scene were a little beset by the scene. We are providing peer support, we are also providing support for the witnesses that were on scene as well, because there were several civilian witnesses.”