The ex-husband of a 37-year-old who went missing last month has been arrested and charged with her murder, bringing police one step closer to working out what happened to the Army veteran.
Dalen Ware was arrested on Friday from his home in Phoenix, Arizona and charged with murder, six weeks after his ex-wife Julia Jacobson went missing.
Police determined Jacobson had been murdered based on forensic analysis of her car, according to KFMB.
It is believed that Boogie was killed along with his owner.
Dalen Ware (left) was arrested on Friday from his home in Phoenix, Arizona and charged with murder, more than a month after his ex-wife Julia Jacobson (right, with her dog Boogie) went missing
Julia Jacobson, an Army veteran, went missing over Labor Day weekend. Based on unspecified forensic evidence found in her car, police believe she was killed
Jacobson was last seen with her wheaten terrier Boogie in Ontario, California, over Labor Day weekend, and then reported missing on September 2.
Her remains still haven’t been found – and police have not said what evidence was found in the car that leads them to believe she was killed.
They also have not released a possible motive for Ware.
Family said they have suspected Ware was involved since she disappeared.
The couple have been divorced for about a year, and according to court documents, Ware had a history of domestic violence.
Jacobson was an Army veteran who worked for a 7-Eleven corporate after serving two tours of duty in Iraq before going missing
Jacobson was last seen with her wheaten terrier Boogie in Ontario, California, over Labor Day weekend, and then reported missing on September 2
Jacobson was an Army veteran who worked for a 7-Eleven corporate after serving two tours of duty in Iraq before going missing.
A friend told KFMB that Jacobson texted them on September 2 around 9.30pm to say she was near Palm Springs and planned to travel to Big Bear lake.
Her car was later found abandoned with the keys inside not far from her home in San Diego, more than 100 miles south from where she told her friend she would be.
After her disappearance, Jacobson’s friends made a ‘Help Find Julia’ Facebook page to share photos and videos of she and Boogie together.
On the page friends wrote that the loss is ‘beyond words.’
‘Even though Julia’s physical presence may be gone and taken from us too soon, her capacity for love, inspirational spirit and laughter will live forever in the hearts and minds of all those that knew and loved her,’ a statement on the page said.