Man charged with murdering 19-year-old found at Irvine construction site
A Santa Ana man was charged Monday with murder in the death of a 19-year-old man whose body was found last year at an Irvine construction site.
Jacob Michael Margo, 21, was charged with one felony count of murder with a possible sentencing enhancement for personal discharge of a firearm causing death, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. It did not specify a degree of murder; that is typically determined later, the office said.
Irvine police arrested Margo on Thursday on suspicion of murdering Octavio Jesus Alcala of Santa Ana. Margo was booked into Orange County Jail with bail set at $1 million, according to jail records.
He is expected to be arraigned Monday afternoon at the Central Jail in Santa Ana.
Detectives began investigating the homicide early June 5 after a group of workers arrived at the construction site near Wolf Trail and Orchard Hills and discovered a body later identified as Alcala.
Police said they served multiple search warrants in an “extensive investigation” before arresting Margo, but officials declined to release more details because the investigation is continuing.
It’s unclear whether Margo and Alcala knew each other.
In 2012, Margo pleaded guilty to felony possession of stolen property and was sentenced to three years’ probation and 270 days in jail, court records show.
