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Advisory: Man arrested after police find woman’s body in Talbert Regional Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2018

COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) arrested a man today after the body of a woman was found in Talbert Regional Park.

At approximately 7:10 a.m., on Feb. 28, 2018, CMPD Dispatch received a call from a man advising he had found a female’s body in the Talbert Regional Park area. Police officers and detectives responded to the Talbert Nature Preserve, at 1299 Victoria Street, and located the male caller, identified as Daniel Correa, as well as the female’s body in the brush area nearby.

Paramedics declared the female deceased at the scene. The apparent cause of death was blunt force trauma. After apreliminary field investigation, police arrested Correa onsuspicion of murder, and he was booked at the Costa Mesa Police Jail. He will be subsequently transferred to Orange County Jail in Santa Ana where he will be placed on a no bail hold.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner’s Investigator arrived at the scene and took possession of the female victim’s body. The victim’s identity is being withheld pending next of kin notification.

Anyone with additional information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact CMPD Detective Jonathan Tripp at 714-754-5364.

Incident/DR#: 18-2911
Victim: Jane Doe, 29, transient from Massachusetts
Arrestee: Daniel Correa, 24, transient, former Santa Ana resident
Arrest Charges: 187(a)PC murder

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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