Crime & Safety
Man Arrested At John Wayne Airport After Body Found On Freeway
The LA County man was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman whose body was found on the eastbound 60 Freeway in Diamond Bar Wednesday.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A Los Angeles county man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of killing a woman whose body was found on the eastbound 60 freeway in Diamond Bar earlier that day, multiple outlets reported.
Downey resident Sercan Naldoken, 32, was found at John Wayne Airport in Orange County and took him into custody, KTLA 5 reported.
The woman was identified by the coroner's office as Lisa Renee Conduff, 56, the Orange County Register reported. She also lived in Downey.
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Naldoken's relationship to the victim was not disclosed by police.
According to a previous Patch report, Conduff was discovered at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, after a California Highway Patrol officer saw a stopped Acura sedan on the eastbound right shoulder of the 60 Freeway, but no one was in the car.
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A search followed, and the woman's body was spotted shortly after, according to the report.
California Highway Patrol officers did not say how they identified Naldoken as the suspect.
As of Thursday, Naldoken was being held at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles in lieu of $2 million bail.
No further information was immediately available.
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