Karina Castro Was Identified As A Beheading Victim In California

Karina Castro, who worked as a Door Dash driver, left behind 7-year-old and 1-year-old girls, KGO-TV reported. Her youngest daughter was born to the man arrested for her murder, 33-year-old Jose Raphael Solano Landaeta, who goes by the name Rafa Solano. Her father, Marty Castro, told the newspaper: “Every time I saw her, I begged her. Don’t talk to him. Let him go and it seemed like the more I did that, the more he would see him.” Solano had been violent with Castro in the past and obtained a restraining order against him in April, but continued to see him, Castro’s family said. Deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office found Karina’s body Thursday in San Carlos, south of San Francisco, after he was flagged down by a witness, law enforcement sources told KNTV. A witness reported Castro’s body to law enforcement.ABC7Castro leaves behind 7-year-old and 1-year-old daughters.FacebookJose Raphael Solano Landaeta is suspected in Castro’s beheading.Facebook Her head had been cut off with a sword, the local network reported. Solano was taken into custody after returning to the scene. Karina’s grandmother, Danielle Gannon, told KGO that Landaeta was a “diagnosed schizophrenic on medication.” Jose Raphael Solano Landaeta reportedly suffered from schizophrenia. Facebook “He would use that as an excuse for his behavior,” she said. “He drank too much and you shouldn’t do that with these kinds of drugs.”