Quick Take
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has determined that Lizbeth Arceo Sedano, the Watsonville woman whose body was found along a hiking trail in the Rattlesnake Gulch area on Sunday, died from multiple stab wounds to her torso. It is investigating the death as a homicide while it continues to hold the father of her 3-year-old daughter.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of 25-year-old Lizbeth Arceo Sedano as a homicide after finding her body along a hiking trail in the Rattlesnake Gulch area of Corralitos on Sunday.
Sheriff’s office spokesperson Ashley Keehn said that its forensic pathologist determined that multiple stab wounds to Sedano’s torso caused her death.
Deputies and detectives responded Sunday morning to a call at Eureka Canyon Road and Grizzly Flat Road in Corralitos, where someone had found Sedano’s body. The discovery came just 12 hours after Watsonville police had a confrontation with the father of her child.
The night before, Watsonville police responded to a call that raised concerns for Sedano’s safety. Joshua Gonzalez, the father of Sedano’s 3-year-old daughter, called 911 from outside the Watsonville Police Department at 9:19 p.m. on Saturday.
Gonzalez told the dispatcher that he was dangerous, armed with a knife and was going to hurt his child. When police approached him, he allegedly ignored their orders to drop the knife and charged the officer on scene. The officer fired at Gonzalez, sending him to the ground.
As of Monday morning, Gonzalez was alive and stable in an out-of-county hospital. His and Sedano’s daughter was in the care of other family members.
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