Murder suspect arrested after woman’s body is found in Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa
A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after a woman’s body was found in the brush at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa, police said.
Costa Mesa police received a call at 7:10 a.m. from a man, later identified as Daniel Correa, who said he had found a woman’s body in the nature preserve at 1299 Victoria St., police said.
When officers arrived, they found the body of a 29-year-old woman with blunt force trauma. She was declared dead at the scene, police said.
The woman, whom police did not identify, was a transient from Massachusetts, authorities said.
Police arrested Correa, also described as a transient, on suspicion of murder. It isn’t clear how authorities connected him to the crime.
He is being held without bail in Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, police said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Det. Jonathan Tripp at (714) 754-5364.
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