CA - Tatum Goodwin, 27, found deceased in alley from trauma, homicide - Laguna Beach, 12 Nov 2023

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Police search for killer after young woman found dead in O.C.

A tight-knit Orange County community is in shock after the body of a 27-year-old woman was found dead in an alley behind an old movie theater and a restaurant Sunday. Officers with Laguna Be…

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Officers with Laguna Beach Police Department responded after a construction worker discovered the body of Tatum Goodwin “down in a secluded location” at around 8:20 a.m. near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue, a news release from the LBPD stated.

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“Everyone knew her as just a kind girl that was around, kind of a face of the community, not from here, lived in San Clemente,” [a] friend, said. “She worked at Carmelita’s.”

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Her friends told KTLA that after work on Saturday, Goodwin went to nearby Hennessey’s Tavern. The tavern has since posted to social media, asking anyone with any pictures or videos of her that night to please come forward.

 

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Officers with Laguna Beach Police Department responded after a construction worker discovered the body of Tatum Goodwin “down in a secluded location” at around 8:20 a.m. near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue, a news release from the LBPD stated.

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“Everyone knew her as just a kind girl that was around, kind of a face of the community, not from here, lived in San Clemente,” [a] friend, said. “She worked at Carmelita’s.”

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Her friends told KTLA that after work on Saturday, Goodwin went to nearby Hennessey’s Tavern. The tavern has since posted to social media, asking anyone with any pictures or videos of her that night to please come forward.

I was just looking to see if she had a thread!

 

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Manhunt Underway After Death Of South OC Waitress Shakes Community

I was wondering if there was any detail on who they are looking for, but I'm not seeing details

 

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Arrest made in killing of 27-year-old woman in Orange County

"Laguna Hills resident Dino Rojas-Moreno was identified as a suspect in Goodwin’s death and was arrested on Nov. 15 with the assistance of the Newport Beach and Anaheim police departments, an LBPD news release stated."

 

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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Killing Well-Loved South OC Woman

"Laguna Hills resident Dino Fabrizio Rojas-Moreno, 26, was charged with special circumstances murder during a kidnapping with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.

According to the criminal complaint, the weapon was a fire extinguisher."

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"Goodwin's body was found by a construction worker in a secluded area on Sunday near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach, just a short walk away from the restaurant she worked at."

 

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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Killing Well-Loved South OC Woman

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Source quotes TG's friend and neighbor:

According to the report, Schuda worked at The Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill in Laguna Beach and had previously come in for a drink at Hennessey's Tavern, located just down the street from where Schuda works as a manager.

“I definitely have served him before and thought he was super weird because he was unnecessarily rude and aggressive,” Schuda told the newspaper.

 

[JoeFromLB]

He was a bartender at the restaurant and allegedly beat her to death with a fire extinguisher. He is being held without bail and arraignment is set for November 20th.

O.C. bartender facing murder charges after allegedly beating a woman to death with a fire extinguisher

 

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Bartender Denies Charges That He Killed Woman With Fire Extinguisher

"Rojas-Moreno's attorney, Chris Bou Saeed, entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of his client and a pretrial hearing was set for Jan. 30 in the Central Justice Center. Rojasmoreno is being held without bail.

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When her body was found, a sandbag had been placed over her head, prosecutors said. Investigators suspect he dragged the victim to the rear of the parking lot and down an alley behind a movie theater that is under construction, where he allegedly beat her to death with the fire extinguisher, prosecutors said.

It's unclear if or how the two may have been acquainted."

Awful...