Jones was arrested a week after the woman's remains were found in Aromas, California. Photo / File
A university professor with links to Christchurch has appeared in court accused of shooting his ex-wife multiple times and dismembering her body.
Lawrence Jones, 69, has been charged with slaying his former partner Norife 'Janie' Herrera Jones, 29, at his home before dumping her remains in a remote part of
California.
US police say the alleged murder happened just one week after the couple's divorce became finalised, ending a tempestuous five-year marriage, the Daily Mail reports.
Professor 'Larry' Jones, a distinguished Monterey Naval Postgraduate School instructor, worked at the University of Canterbury's ACIS department as a visiting scholar in 2003.
Today, his former colleagues were either deceased or no longer working at the institution, a spokeswoman for the accountancy and information systems department said.
