Man chokes wife to death and dismembers her body because she couldn't lose weight after giving birth, police say

Man chokes wife to death and dismembers her body because she couldn’t lose weight after giving birth, police say


A Los Angeles man allegedly murdered his wife and dismembered her body because she had a difficult time losing weight after giving birth to his child.

Jonathan Renteria, 25, confessed in a handwritten letter to killing his 37-year-old wife, June Renteria, according to a criminal complaint.

‘My wife, June Renteria, is deceased in her apartment. I kill her. I am truly sorry.’

On Sept. 11, the man was found “inside a hotel room in Ventura County lying in a bathtub bleeding from a puncture wound to his forearm” at about 12:30 p.m., according to prosecutors.

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A note was found in the room reading, “My wife, June Renteria, is deceased in her apartment. I kill her. I am truly sorry,” with an address in Hollywood written on the back.

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