Recovered Body Confirmed as Brittany Killgore

A woman's body found in Riverside County is that of a 22-year-old military wife who disappeared last week, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed today.

Brittany Killgore of Fallbrook was reported missing Saturday, a day after the last known sighting of the young woman. She vanished after meeting up with 45-year-old Louis Ray Perez, a Camp Pendleton-based Marine who was subsequently arrested on weapon-theft charges, according to investigators.

Killgore's husband, Cory, is a Marine deployed to Afghanistan. He is returning on an emergency leave arranged by the Red Cross. His wife filed for divorce last week.

Killgore's remains were found Tuesday near Temecula, about a mile north of Lake Skinner.

Perez appeared in court in Vista on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of stolen property and possession of an assault weapon. 

A second suspect in the case, Jessica Lynn Lopez, 25, was taken into custody late Tuesday morning at a Point Loma motel on suspicion of murder, according to officials, who declined to disclose her alleged role in the presumed slaying. Arraignment for Lopez is set Thursday. She had attempted to kill herself and left a suicide note, officials said.