Crime & Safety

Woman Found Dead in Front Yard of Rancho California Home

The 50-year-old woman's identity has not been released by authorities, and there is no indication on how she may have been killed. The Riverside County Coroner's Office is listing her time of death as 12:30 p.m. on June 14.

A Rancho California man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a woman, police are reporting Monday.

Manuel Englis Quinanola, 65, was picked up by deputies shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 36100 block of Fox Hollow in unincorporated area just outside Murrieta, according to jail records.

Deputies went to the area “to check the welfare of a female possibly staying at the location,” according to a report from Sgt. Tyson Voss of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “When deputies arrived on scene, they located a deceased female in the front yard of the residence. The victim's injuries appeared to have been caused by blunt force trauma.”

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The 50-year-old woman’s identity has not been released by authorities, and there is no indication on how she may have been killed.

Homicide detectives have assumed the investigation, according to Voss's report.

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