Father suspected of abandoning daughter in CA desert, beating mother to death and throwing her out of car
Jesus Jaimes-Rosas is suspected of deserting his 12-year-old at a gas station and her beaten mother near a road
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 12-year-old girl was abandoned at a gas station in the Southern California desert after her father beat her mother to death and left the woman on the side of a road, authorities said Tuesday.
The suspect, Jesus Jaimes-Rosas, was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Saturday near Barstow after deputies found his abandoned vehicle on a dirt road, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
Jaimes-Rosas, who was treated at a hospital for unspecified self-inflicted injuries, could face a murder charge, the statement said. It wasn't immediately known if he has an attorney.
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Jesus Jaimes-Rosas was arrested shortly after the abandoned daughter asked for help at a Shell gas station Friday night. (Fox News)
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The girl asked for help at a Shell station around 11:45 p.m. Friday night and said her father had beaten her mother and thrown her out of the car, officials said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The woman, Sonia Flores, was found dead in the area late Saturday morning.
Jaimes-Rosas was held without bail.