Police in Southern California are hunting a suspect who killed a young woman and dumped her body in an alley behind an old movie theater and the restaurant where she worked.
A construction worker found the lifeless body of 27-year-old Tatum Goodwin “down in an isolated location” near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach around 8:20 a.m. Sunday and called 911,
The Laguna Beach Police Department said that Goodwin’s body showed signs of trauma consistent with homicide.
Detectives found the scene “suspicious” and are investigating the death as a homicide.
“We are saddened by this senseless act of violence. Our detectives are working hard to bring the suspect to justice,” said Laguna Beach Police Chief Jeff Calvert.
The Orange County Coroner’s Division will determine Goodwin’s cause of death.
Goodwin, of San Clemente, has worked as an assistant manager at Carmelita’s restaurant in Laguna Beach for more than 4 years.
“She definitely didn’t deserve this, just a beautiful person,” Carmelita’s owner, Marcos Heredia told news station KTLA. “It doesn’t just affect me. It really affected our team.”
Tatum Goodwin, 27, was found dead by a construction worker in an alley in Laguna Beach, California, on Sunday. Instagram/Tatum Goodwin Goodwin’s battered body was found by a construction worker behind the old movie theater and restaurant where he worked. KTLA
Friends of Goodwin told the outlet that after finishing his shift Saturday night, the 27-year-old headed to nearby Hennessey’s Tavern.
His badly beaten body was found hours later in the back alley of the restaurant where he worked.
“He was a loving and honest person,” said another friend, Aleena Macintosh. “You wouldn’t think anything would happen to him.”
Goodwin has worked as an assistant manager at Carmelita’s restaurant for more than 4 years. Instagram/Orange County Fashion Week Police said the woman’s body had trauma consistent with homicide and the scene where it was found appeared “suspicious.” KTLA Goodwin is remembered by her friends as “loving” and “a beautiful person.” Instagram/Madison Moyer
Heredia has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help Goodwin’s family pay for his funeral and also to create a mural “so that everyone in town will never forget about our sweet friend Tatum,” he wrote.
A vigil in Goodwin’s honor will be held in his hometown of San Clemente Wednesday night.
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