'Devoted' Mom of 3 Dies in Vehicle Collision After Husband Suspected She Was Having an Affair: Police

Mar. 15, 2025

Asia Guercy.Photo:GoFundMe

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A California woman, whose sister described her as a “devoted” mom of three and a “beautiful soul,” was killed last month when her husband allegedly drove her and another man off the road.

On Jan. 26, around 12:00 a.m. local time, the San Bernardino Police Department (SBPD) responded to a call of a two-vehicle “collision,” where they discovered an “unresponsive male and female inside one of the vehicles,” per a news release from theSBPD.

The victims have since been identified as Asia Guercy, 25, and Charles Dark, 31, according toThe Los Angeles TimesandKTLA. Both outlets identified Perez as Asia’s husband, citing police,

San Bernardino Police Department vehicle in 2015.Paul Buck/EPA/Shutterstock

Paul Buck/EPA/Shutterstock

Per KTLA, theTimesandThe San Bernardino Sun, Perez confronted his wife and the man over a suspected extramarital affair at a park in San Bernardino that night.

After they drove away, Perez reportedly followed them, before he eventually rear-ended the vehicle and sent it through a chain link fence and into a flood control channel, per theSun.

Perez’s inmate information on theSan Bernardino Sheriff’s Department websitestates that he was arrested around 12:15 a.m. on Jan. 26, is ineligible for bail and is being charged with murder.

Perez’s next court date is on March 3, records show. According to theTimes, he entered a not guilty plea on Jan. 28.

The San Bernardino Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Stock image of an LED light bar flashing on a police cruiser.Getty

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Asia previously filed a restraining order against her husband in 2021, citing domestic violence, before a judge denied the request, per KTLA, citing court records.

Maliya told theTimesin an email that her sister experienced verbal and physical abuse during the marriage and that she was in the process of leaving her husband when the altercation occurred on Jan. 26.

“Her absence is a tremendous loss for our family and everyone who knew her,” she told the outlet. “Despite her challenges, she always shone brightly.”

Asia’s cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma to the head, KTLA reported, citing the San Bernardino County Coroner.

“Asia was a beautiful soul with a deep faith in God and regularly attended church in San Bernardino, California with her children’s father and children,” the GoFundMe page read. “She leaves behind three young children who now face a future without their loving mother.”

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source: people.com