| For Immediate Release Case # TBA January 14, 2014 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami
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MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR STABBING-MURDER OF VICTIM IN PARKING LOT
WESTMINSTER – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for stabbing and murdering a victim in a parking lot. Daniel Perez Munoz, 21, Garden Grove, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in state prison. He is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Department W-2, West Justice Center, Westminster. The time is to be determined.
At approximately 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2014, Munoz is accused of approaching 52-year-old Bob H. in a parking lot in Stanton. The defendant is accused of murdering the victim by stabbing him with a knife in the neck area.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) arrested the defendant a short time later.
The investigation by OCSD is ongoing.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
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