ARREST MADE IN UCSD MURDER

Editor’s note: While ECM normally only covers crimes east of I-15, because many East County students attend UCSD we are providing this information to our readers.

November 6, 2010 (San Diego) -- San Diego Police Department Homicide Unit detectives have arrested Julio Angel Garcia-Puente for the murder of a woman whose body was found in a burning vehicle at a University of California San Diego parking lot on October 29 at 9:20 p.m. An autopsy revealed that the victim was murdered.

The victim is a 38-year-old resident of Carlsbad whose positive identification is pending through DNA comparison. Until the results are in, the victim’s name will not be confirmed.

Earlier this week, the Homicide Unit released a photo of Julio Angel Garcia-Puente, the victim’s estranged husband. Mexican law enforcement located Garcia-Puente in the Otay neighborhood of Tijuana.

Garcia-Puente voluntarily returned to the United States, and detectives met him at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. He was arrested and booked into County Jail for one count of murder.