Man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend and stuffing her body in a trash can

COSTA MESA, California. – A woman whose body was found in a trash can outside a Costa Mesa home was murdered by her boyfriend, police said.

Officers responded to a home in the 1900 block of Maple Avenue around 2:25 p.m. on a report that a body had been found in the backyard.

The victim was identified as 38-year-old Julie Anne Santera of Irvine.

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The suspect's friend, 49-year-old Daniel Allen Aldrich, was arrested later that day at a relative's home in Glendale, officials said.

The circumstances surrounding Santera's death are under investigation.

Further details were not initially disclosed.