Man arrested in motel slaying
A 31-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in a Huntington Beach motel Friday night, police said.
Investigators said it is not clear how the man was connected to the victim, a Huntington Beach resident in her 30s, or what the victim was doing at the motel.
Police went to the Starlight Inn, 18382 Beach Blvd., about 4:30 p.m. after receiving a call about a woman who was running around the motel screaming.
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Esmeralda Bermudez is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She was born in El Salvador, raised in the Los Angeles area and graduated from the University of Southern California. Before joining The Times in 2008, Bermudez worked at the Oregonian in Portland, covering city government and immigration. She has reported from Mexico and Guatemala where her coverage in 2006 won her the Guillermo Martinez-Marquez Award for Latin American Reporting. Bermudez was also a finalist for Livingston Award for International Reporting. In 2016, she was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack.
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