Dolores Reyes, 38, was killed at her family home in Tanglewood, CA, late on the night of February 28, 2021. Deputies responding to the scene found her husband, 63-year-old Eladio Herrera, sitting in his car in front of the house; Herrera told deputies he had shot his wife. Inside the residence, deputies found Reyes with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Life-saving efforts by deputies and medical personnel were unsuccessful and Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Herrera was detained at the scene and later booked at the Main Jail on a murder charge with bail set at $2,000,000. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said there were no other suspects. An autopsy was scheduled to determine the official cause and manner of death, with results expected about six weeks later. Support services were provided to Reyes’s family members who were present.

If anyone knew Dolores, her routines, or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help this case.