Update January 2, 2016: The Medical Examiner has confirmed that the victim was Mary Faanunu, 34, wife of the suspect. She died of a gunshot wound to her head.
East County News Service
January 1, 2016 (El Cajon )—Six children apparently lost their mother early this morning and their father is behind bars. Hauati Faanunu, called police at 12:34 to report that he had shot his wife at their home at 82020 Melrose Lane in unincoporated El Cajon.
Deputies from the Sheriff’s Lakeside substation responded and found a woman dead inside the residence with trauma to her upper body. Soon after, Faanunu turned himself in at the El Cajon Police Department. KNSD 7 News reports that he dropped the couple’s six children, ages 2 to 13, off at a relative’s house; no one was home when police arrived at the family's residence.
Deputies from Lakeside took him into custody and are investigating the New Year’s tragedy, along with the Sheriff’s Homicide Detail. The identity of the victim and cause of death will be confirmed in an autopsy.
Anyone with information should contact the SDSO Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
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