A man allegedly beat up his wife and attempted to bury her alive as he attacked her on a beach in California, US media reports.
According to the Coronado Police department, the woman made a desperate call to the police shortly before 9pm on Wednesday night reporting her husband Jose Luis Mares III of Moreno Valley, 23, had tried to kill her.
Mares' wife was found by officers on the sidewalk and taken to a San Diego hospital for serious trauma, local outlet KSWB-TV reports.
The woman had told police the couple were arguing along the Coronado waterfront when things got violent. Mares allegedly assaulted her and tried to throw her into the ocean before taking her near a lifeguard tower.
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