Man arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend, stuffing her body inside trash can

COSTA MESA, Calif. - A woman whose body was found stuffed in a trash can outside a Costa Mesa home was murdered by her boyfriend, according to police. 

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

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

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The suspect's boyfriend, 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 being investigated.

No other details were immediately released.