Victorville has been rocked by a grim discovery in a quiet neighborhood, where a 58-year-old woman was found dead with gunshot wounds in her home in the early hours of Thursday. Deputies responding to a 911 call arrived at the scene in the 16000 block of Wimbleton Drive at approximately 4:17 a.m., according to a statement released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner. The identity of the victim is currently withheld, pending notification of next of kin.
Investigators from the Sheriff’s Homicide Detail quickly had to work and identified 68-year-old Roger Guyton, a resident of Victorville, as the suspect. The turn of events unraveled when two other occupants in the house reported hearing gunshots before making the tragic call for help. Guyton was located in a bedroom with the victim at the time authorities arrived on the scene. He was immediately taken into custody and is now being held without bail at the High Desert Detention Center.
This marked incident, classified under the California Penal Code Section 187 for murder, is not yet closed as the investigation presses on. Officials urge anyone with information to come forward and assist in shedding light on the circumstances that led to the loss of life in a typically peaceful community. Tips, which can be made anonymously, should be directed to the Homicide Detail at 909-890-4904 or through We-Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME, as detailed in the sheriff-coroner's report.
The Homicide Detail under Detective T. Gagne is intensely pursuing leads to fully understand the motives behind this act of violence. The San Bernardino County community, though accustomed to the ordinariness of suburbia, has found itself confronted with the all-too-frequent specter of domestic tragedies. Case number DR # 172314212 H# 2023-137 will likely be remembered as yet another instance where the facade of tranquillity was suddenly shattered.
