A 49-year-old man was charged Thursday with killing his girlfriend and discarding her body in a garbage can in Costa Mesa.
Daniel Allen Aldrich was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a knife.
Aldrich is accused of killing 38-year-old Julie Anne Sanetra of Irvine.
Police were dispatched just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to the backyard of a home in the 1900 block of Maple Avenue, where they found Sanetra’s body, police said.
According to the criminal complaint, Aldrich is accused of killing the victim on Sunday.
Aldrich was arrested Tuesday evening at a family member’s home in Glendale, police said.
Aldrich did not enter a plea at his arraignment Thursday in the jail courtroom. His arraignment was rescheduled for Nov. 19 in the West Justice Center in Westminster.