Detectives in San Jose arrested a man suspected of killing a woman this weekend, the police department said Monday.

Officers responded to the 900 block of Wainwright Drive early Sunday morning just before 3 a.m. after receiving a report of a suspicious circumstance. A woman's adult son told police he had found his mother dead. Officers arrived and discovered the woman deceased inside the residence and she showed signs of trauma, the department said.

Detectives identified the suspect as Venko Gospodinov, 60, and linked him to the Capitola area using license plate readers in order to locate him. Local law enforcement was notified and the California Highway Patrol found and arrested him, the San Jose Police Department said.

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Gospodinov was booked into the Santa

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