Mobile Home Homicide Suspect Found Hiding In Tanker In Sonoma County

SONOMA COUNTY, CA —Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies found a man suspected in a fatal mobile home attack concealed inside nearby water tanker truck.

Deputies responded at about 9:38 p.m. Wednesday to the report of a homicide inside a mobile home in the 5000 block of Taylor Avenue in Santa Rosa.

Deputies discovered a severely injured woman in the mobile home. Despite emergency efforts, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses told deputies they saw a man, covered in blood, flee the mobile home. Deputies established a perimeter around the property and began searching the area, focusing on nearby structures and vehicles.

Deputies found the suspect nearby hiding inside a water tanker truck.

Authorities have not released the identities the victim or suspect. But investigators confirmed they knew each other.

The sheriff's office said the investigation remains ongoing, with more information expected as detectives continue to gather evidence and reconstruct the events that led up to the woman's death and the man's arrest.