La Mesa
Sheriff’s deputies Friday morning arrested a man suspected of killing his estranged wife by fracturing her skull with an ax at the La Mesa home where she worked as a live-in housekeeper.
Sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of an injured woman in the 10300 block of Bonnie Lane at 3:15 a.m. Friday found Anna Kasprzak, 26, bleeding profusely from a severe head wound, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Lane was taken by Life Flight helicopter to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later of cerebral contusions, cuts and a skull fracture, the coroner’s office said.
Her estranged husband, Andrzei Kasprzak, 36, of San Diego, who was present at the scene, was charged with murder and taken to the County Jail downtown, where he is being held without bail, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Homicide detectives are still investigating the attack.
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