Son of famous artist charged with 'murdering girlfriend and dumping her body in trash can' at California home

A man accused of strangling his woman and slashing her wrist earlier stuffing her assemblage into a bin is nan boy of a celebrated sculptor.

Daniel Allen Aldrich, 49, was arrested extracurricular nan location of his mother Lynn Aldrich, 80, successful Glendale, California, past Tuesday, and is now charged pinch murder.

Police recovered nan assemblage of his girlfriend Julie Anne Santera, 38, wrong nan garbage bin successful nan backyard of his location successful Costa Mesa, Orange County, astatine 2.27pm past Tuesday.

Lynn Aldrich is simply a dressed up modern sculptor who won Guggenheim and J Paul Getty Trust fellowships among galore different awards.

Aldrich was charged pinch execution by nan Orange County District Attorney's Office connected Monday nighttime pinch a felony enhancement for utilizing a weapon.

He allegedly strangled Santera during a drunken statement connected October 20, past slashed her wrist pinch a folding knife.

Whether nan wrist cutting was to make judge she was dead, aliases an abortive effort to make it look for illustration a suicide, was not explained. 

'Aldrich is accused of leaving Sanetra's assemblage connected nan sofa while he watched tv earlier going to bed,' prosecutors said.

When he woke up nan adjacent day, he allegedly dragged her assemblage extracurricular and stuffed it successful a trash tin connected nan broadside of nan house.

Then he went backmost inside, packed a bag, and drove to Lynn's home.

Santera was not recovered until October 22 erstwhile landscapers arrived to mow nan section and saw portion of her assemblage sticking retired of nan bin.

They called nan Costa Mesa Police Department and officers arrived, and later arrested Aldrich extracurricular Lynn's location erstwhile he gave himself up.

Lynn had 3 sons, Jack, Matthew, and Daniel, pinch her hubby Michael Aldrich, who died successful 2017.

Michael has been president of The Fourteen Four Group, a kindness that useful pinch Christian ministries, since 1991 and Jack is an inventor successful nan robotics and machinery fields.

Aldrich attended exhibitions of his mother's art, on pinch his brothers and different family. The family has respective sizeable trusts supporting Lynn's sons.

The DA's agency said Aldrich faced a maximum condemnation of 26 years to life if convicted connected each charges.

'Julie Sanetra did not merit to beryllium strangled and stuffed into a trashcan for illustration a portion of garbage,' Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. 

'The callousness of this crime shocks nan conscience, and we will do everything to get justness for Julie and her loved ones.'

Aldrich was held connected a $1 cardinal bail and will beryllium arraigned in Orange County Superior Court's Westminster courthouse connected November 19.

Though Santera hasn't been progressive connected societal media since 2014, she often posted photos of herself pinch a dog. 

Residents who unrecorded adjacent nan Costa Mesa location said typically a quiet neighborhood, and they were shocked a female was allegedly murdered there.

Santera is believed to person moved successful astir 5 months ago.