Suspect in girlfriend’s murder kills himself in Northern California jail hours after arrest, authorities say
Suspect in girlfriend’s murder kills himself in Northern California jail hours after arrest, authorities say
SAN FRANCISCO — A 29-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in San Jose early Sunday after a fire broke out, while a suspect who was arrested hours later reportedly took his own life, police said.
The woman, identified as Riza Husain, was found inside her apartment at 10:45 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of East Sixth Street in San Jose, according to witnesses interviewed by San Jose police.
No suicide note was found with her body, and she suffered from a heart condition, according to police.
Police are trying to figure out what caused the fire at the apartment in the city’s Midtown district, where police said a man and woman were believed to live.
Authorities said the apartment in the city’s Midtown district was engulfed in flames when the man and woman went to a relative’s house.
Police say they believed a person inside the apartment started the fire, and that the pair then fled.
The man and woman were seen leaving the fire area in a gray Honda sedan with “California license plate number WEL-814A,” according to police.
Witnesses who spoke with CBS Bay Area said they saw a fire and a dark sedan with a black tinted top at the location where they saw the fire at around 4 a.m. Sunday.
Police found a woman inside the vehicle, about 6:45 a.m., as officers were searching the area, said Lt. Chris Clark of the San Jose Police Department.
The woman is described as in her 20s, 5-foot-8, 140 pounds. She was wearing a green jacket and a dark polo shirt at the time of her death, according to an autopsy.
According to police, the man who died from the fire was white, about 6-foot-2 and