A former Brighton Park man accused of killing his wife in their home in late 2013 has been brought back to Chicago after fleeing to Mexico, authorities said Friday.
Cesar Sanabria, 34, was ordered held without bail Friday in a hearing before Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil, according to prosecutors and court records. Police obtained a murder warrant for Sanabria’s arrest in March 2014, four months after his wife, Lady Diana Sanabria, 31, was found with her throat cut in their home in the 4400 block of South Richmond Street, according to court records.
Lady Diana Sanabria was found dead in the family’s apartment about 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2013, after police were called there to check on her, authorities said at the time. The Sanabrias had gone out and left their four children with the mother’s parents, who became concerned when they didn’t hear from the couple, according to news reports at the time.
Sanabria disappeared before his wife was found, and was thought to have fled to Mexico.
Sanabria was located and arrested earlier this year in Mexico. This week, FBI agents flew to Mexico to bring him back, and he was taken into custody by Chicago police when he landed at O’Hare on Wednesday, said Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
Sanabria is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 24.