Human remains were found under a home on the 39000 block of Forest Road in Big Bear Lake, Calif.  

A Big Bear man was arrested this week on suspicion of killing his wife nearly 20 years ago and hiding her body beneath a house without the homeowner’s knowledge, authorities said.

Jeff Maiorca, 53, was taken into custody Monday in connection with the death of Jill Maiorca, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. Detectives believe Jill, who was 29 at the time, was killed in November 2006. She was reported missing from Big Bear Lake the following year.

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