Second Arrest Made in Brittany Dawn Killgore Murder Investigation

Updated at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday

The San Diego County Sheriff announced Tuesday that a second arrest was made in connection with the murder of Brittany Dawn Killgore,

Louis Ray Perez— a 45-year-old Marine—was arrested Tuesday on charges of 187 Penal Code for Murder. since Killgore's disappearance on April 13. He was last seen with Killgore, according to authorities.

Jessica Lopez, 25, was also arrested in connection with the Killgore investigation. She was on April 19 but pleaded not guilty.

Killgore, wife of 22-year-old Marine Cory Killgore, was last seen alive on April 13. There have been with Perez and his girlfriend.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department, which announced Perez's re- arrest, directed all questions to the District Attorney's Office. Tanya Sierra, a spokeswoman for the latter agency, would only say the case was under review and that prosecutors had yet to file further charges against the jailed serviceman.

It’s unclear what Perez's relationship to Killgore was, but it was posted on a sadomasochism and bondage website that he and his girlfriend—whom he described as his “slave”—were looking for others to join the household where he considered himself the “lord and master,” the U-T San Diego reported.

Lopez and Perez reportedly once lived in the same Fallbrook apartment, about a half-mile from the rental residence Killgore shared with her husband.

—City News Service contributed to this report.