Authorities in California are continuing their hunt for a fire battalion accused of stabbing his fiance to death, NBCNews.com reported.
Investigators claim Orville Fleming, 55, killed Sarah Jane Douglas, 26, in their Sacramento home last week. According to FOX40, Douglas' sister found her at home, apparently strangled and stabbed to death.
After searching the surrounding area initially, officials have expanded their search statewide, citing Fleming's experience in the outdoors and access to supplies and facilities throughout California.
"We believe someone picked him up and took him somewhere," Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman told NBC News. "We do not know who that is."
However, officials mentioned Fleming previously spent a lot of time in the Santa Cruz mountains. While Santa Cruz County deputies are keeping an eye out for him, they have not began an official search for Fleming.
Fleming is described as 6-feet-1-inch tall and weighing about 190 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He is considered dangerous and may be armed with two guns, NBC News said.
"She had her whole life ahead of her," Trina Werly, Douglas' aunt, told FOX40.
Werly said their two-year relationship had recently taken a turn for the worse.
"He was possessive," Werly said. "She tried to leave him and then I guess they said they'd work it out."
"My sister said 'I think he is going to kill her,'" Werly added.
Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the fire agency, said Fleming has been with CalFire for 24 years.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the sheriff's department at (916) 874-5115.
