Woman found fatally shot in backyard of Placentia home
A woman was found shot to death in the backyard of a Placentia home and a man who returned to the scene as police were investigating was arrested on suspicion of her death, authorities said over the weekend.
Placentia police were called to the 2100 block of McCormack Lane, within a residential area in the northern part of the city and just north of Bastanchury Road, for a welfare check about 7:35 p.m. Friday and found the woman in the backyard with at least one gunshot wound, police said.
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