Exotic dancer accused of beheading boyfriend tracked down in Mexico
by: Marc Sternfield
Five months after her boyfriend’s headless body was found inside her Anaheim apartment, a 23-year-old woman has been arrested in Mexico and returned to the United States to face charges.
Alyssa Marie Lira is charged with one count of murder with a felony enhancement for personally using a weapon, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday.
Anaheim police were called to an apartment on La Palma Avenue on Aug. 25, 2025, where they discovered the grisly scene inside: the decapitated body of 55-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal.
Prosecutors said the couple met while Lira was working as an exotic dancer at a local strip club, and they had been dating for about two months. Homicide detectives quickly identified Lira as a suspect and learned she had fled to Mexico, according to the DA’s office.
For months, local authorities worked with the FBI and Mexican officials to locate and arrest Lira. She was taken into custody on Jan. 22 and turned over to Anaheim police homicide detectives the next day at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, prosecutors said.
Authorities did not disclose where in Mexico she was found.
“Nothing — not time, not distance nor foreign borders — will thwart our pursuit of justice, and Orange County law enforcement will continue to go to the very ends of the Earth to carry out our mission and hold criminals accountable for the heinous acts they commit,” District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement.
Lira is being held without bail at the Orange County Jail. Her arraignment is scheduled for Feb. 13.
“This investigation and prosecution are a testament to the tenacity and dedication of the Anaheim Police Department, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and our federal and international partners to identify a cold-blooded killer, track her down in a foreign country, and bring her back to the United States to face the full weight of the law,” Spitzer said.
Prosecutors have not disclosed a motive but told KTLA it is believed to be a case of domestic violence. If convicted as charged, Lira faces 26 years to life in prison.
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