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Daniel Perez-Munoz

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lt. Jeff Hallock, (714) 940-7042, Gail Krause, (714) 623-8940

Stanton Homicide Suspect Arrested and Booked on Suspicion of Murder

STANTON, Calif. – (January 12, 2014) – On Sunday, January 12, 2014, Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested Daniel Perez-Munoz, 21, Garden Grove in connection with the homicide of Phuong (Bob) Huynh, 52, Garden Grove.

On Saturday, January 11, 2014 at approximately 7:20 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call of a male subject down near Garden Grove Boulevard and Court Street in the city of Stanton.

Deputies arrived and located Huynh in an alleyway, deceased as a result of multiple stab wounds. The preliminary investigation revealed that Huynh was stabbed during an unprovoked altercation with Perez-Munoz in the alleyway. Based on witness statements and evidence recovered at the scene, Perez-Munoz was located and detained a short time later, less than a mile from the scene.

Perez-Munoz was arrested for CPC 187 – Murder and booked into Orange County Jail. He is currently being held on $1 million bail and due in court on Monday, January 13, 2014.

Anyone with information or who witnessed the incident is asked to call Orange County Sheriff’s Department Homicide investigators at (714) 647-7044 or (714) 647-7000. Anonymous tips may be submitted to Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS (855-847-6227) or at occrimestoppers.org.

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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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