1/1
Swipe or click to see more
STAR-ADVERTISER
Anthony Edward Simoneau
Select an option below to continue reading this premium story.
Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading.
The 46-year-old man extradited from Hawaii to face a charge of killing his Japanese-born wife entered a plea of not guilty in a San Diego courtroom Monday, the CBS station in San Diego reported.
Anthony Edward Simoneau, 46, is charged with murder in the January 2007 death of 41-year-old Fumiko Ogawa Simoneau.
Bail was set at $5 million, with Simoneau due back in court Oct. 8. If convicted, he faces 25 years to life in prison.
Simoneau was extradited from Honolulu on Friday. He was arrested Sept. 4.
His wife’s body was found Jan. 20, 2007, near the Bow Willow Campground in the Anza-Borrego Desert, about 80 miles northeast of San Diego. Her remains were identified in 2011, based on DNA evidence. The cause of death, if known, has not been disclosed.
Simoneau, a former dental technician in the Navy, filed to divorce his wife in 2002 but withdrew the court papers when she got an inheritance from relatives in Japan. The couple lived in Point Loma, Calif.
Simoneau was found in Hawaii, where he was arrested and convicted of shoplifting in 2011.