A San Clemente doctor was behind bars Friday on suspicion of killing his wife more than two years ago.
Eric Scott Sills, who will turn 54 on Saturday, is accused in the Nov. 13, 2016, death of his 45-year-old wife, Susann Stephanie Arsuaga Sills, according to the sheriff’s department. Jail records show Sills was arrested Thursday and is being held on $1 million bail.
There was no immediate information on the woman’s cause of death, a possible motive or what prompted Sills’ arrest.
Susann Sills was managing partner and co-founder of the Center for Advanced Genetics fertility clinic in Carlsbad. Eric Sills is the center’s medical director.
According to his online biography, Eric Sills holds a doctorate from London’s University of Westminster and earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee. He has practiced in-vitro fertilization in Europe and the United States and authored several books on the topic along with more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles. He also collaborated on the discovery of three previously unknown human gene mutations, according to his biography.
Eric and Susann Sills were the parents of twins.
Eric Sills was tentatively expected to appear in court in Santa Ana Friday afternoon.