Girlfriend is fatally beaten in San Clemente
From left, Debbie, Donna, Erik and Silvia Krecu light candles and place flowers outside a San Clemente condo where their friend was found badly beaten; she later died. John Wylie Needham, 25, the victim’s boyfriend and an Army veteran, has been arrested in connection with the slaying. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
An investigator searches for clues outside the San Clemente condominium where a 19-year-old woman was badly beaten Monday. She died early today. Her boyfriend, 25, is being held in the slaying. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Friends of the victim embrace in San Clemente. The woman who died was 19 years old. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Investigators and Orange County sheriff’s personnel gather near the San Clemente condo where the victim was found beaten. She died at a hospital early this morning. The woman’s boyfriend is being held on suspicion of murder in the 19-year-old woman’s death. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
