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Bartender arrested after 27-365 days-regular lady chanced on bludgeoned with fire extinguisher

Dino Rojas-Moreno, of Laguna Hills, Calif., is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. He is being held on murder charges with special circumstances — kidnapping and expend of a fireplace extinguisher — in the death of Tatum Goodwin. If convicted, Rojas-Moreno, 26, faces a life sentence or the death penalty for the capital murder charges. Photo courtesy Laguna Seaside Police/X

Nov. 19 (UPI) — A California bartender changed into arrested earlier this week after a 27-365 days-regular lady changed into chanced on overwhelmed to death with a fireplace extinguisher and abandoned at a construction space.

Dino Rojas-Moreno of Laguna Hills, Calif., is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. He is being held on murder charges with special circumstances — kidnapping and expend of a fireplace extinguisher — in the death of Tatum Goodwin. If convicted, Rojas-Moreno, 26, faces a life sentence or the death penalty for the capital murder charges.

Police talked about Rojas-Moreno approached Goodwin about 1 a.m. on Nov. 12 and compelled her down a secluded alley uninteresting a movie theater that changed into under construction. Once there, he reportedly assaulted her and beat her with the fire extinguisher. Her body changed into chanced on that morning at a construction space under a chain link fence with a sandbag on her head. Rojas-Moreno did no longer stammer as much as work the subsequent day and later he talked about he had been jumped by plenty of men in Santa Ana.

“The loss of an harmless life is a travesty for the total neighborhood,” talked about Orange County District Approved professional Todd Spitzer. “It’s miles heartbreaking that a younger lady with her complete future sooner than her had her life ended in this form of brutal system and then discarded love her life by no system matter. She mattered, and the Orange County District Approved professional’s Region of job is committed to creating certain justice is served.”

Presently after learning about her death, Goodwin’s chums space up a GoFundMe space to pay for a carrier and a memorial in Laguna Seaside “so all americans on town by no system forgets about our sweet friend Tatum.”

Marcos Salim Heredia, proprietor and operator of Carmelita’s restaurant in Laguna Seaside, talked about Goodwin changed into an assistant manager for four years.

“Tatum changed into a truly exhausting working younger lady and for all time kept a smile on her face. Over time, she had expressed her pleasure to be in Laguna and have her opportunity with us,” he talked about. “We felt that we if truth be told had a family member here with us.”

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