A man attempted to bury his wife alive during a horrific attack on a California beach on Thursday night, police said.
The woman called 911 just before 9 o’clock, stating that her husband had tried to kill her on Coronado Beach, Local police said.
The couple said the couple visited the beach earlier in the evening and got involved in an argument, which proceeded when suspected. Later identified as 23-year-old Jose Luis Mars of Moreno Valley, his wife began to attack.
He tried to throw him into the surf, and then brought him to a lifeguard tower, where he, according to police, tried to bury him in the sand and Local Outlet KSWB-TV.
Detective Ryan Brennan of the Coronado Police Department reported, “He said that there was a hole in the ground and that the hole had been dug during the day for children even earlier.” “But during the struggle, he said he threw her into the hole when he started pouring sand over her.”
He kicked her repeatedly, and then stopped and ran, Brennan told the outlet.
“We have no idea what he is afraid of,” said the police officer. “Maybe it was run by someone.”
The woman survived and ran towards Ocean Boulevard, where a passer-by found her on the sidewalk. Paramedics brought him to a trauma center in San Diego.
Officials said that Mars later hid in the backyard of a nearby house.
Police said they were charged with attempted murder, assault, aggravated bodily injury, domestic violence, false imprisonment and parole violation.
Mars was a parolee previously convicted for carjacking and theft, the local station reported, citing the California Department of Corrections.
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