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Ex-Wife Arrested In Shooting Death Of Central Valley Officer

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities have arrested the ex-wife of a police officer who was found slain at his Central Valley home.

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux says 23-year-old Erika Sandoval of Visalia was arrested on Saturday in the shooting death of the Exeter police officer.

The officer -- identified as 31-year-old Daniel Green -- was found dead Friday at his home in Goshen. Green was a 10-year veteran of the department.

Boudreaux says investigators have a motive in Green's killing, and evidence linking his ex-wife to the crime but he wouldn't elaborate.

He said the couple divorced about two years ago and have a 2-year-old son who's been placed in the care of relatives.

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press.

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