The sister of a bride found stabbed to death on her wedding day in the U.S. says the now-missing husband called a relative and said he left her bleeding after a "bad fight."

Jazmin Carrera tells The Associated Press that a sister of Arnoldo Jimenez told the victim's family about the phone call Sunday. Jimenez was crying and nervous, hung up on his sister and wouldn't pick up when she called him back.

Police are searching for Jimenez, who is wanted on a murder charge.

Estrella Carrera was found stabbed in her bathtub, wearing a sequined cocktail dress she'd worn on her wedding night.

Jazmin Carrera says Jiminez had hit and bruised her sister in the past.