{
  "id": 10011117,
  "title": "California man charged in the killing of his ex-wife – two decades after she vanished",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/california-man-charged-in-the-killing-of-his-ex-wife-two-decades",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T15:28:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/california-man-charged-killing-ex-wife-jill-maiorca"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Authorities discovered a body hidden in a home’s crawlspace in 2020, 13 years after Jill Maiorca disappeared A man was recently charged in California with the killing of his ex-wife six years after her remains were discovered in a crawlspace beneath a home – and about two decades after when she went missing, according to investigators. Jeff Maiorca, 53, faces a charge of murder in the death of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}