Transient Arrested In Homicide Investigation: Costa Mesa Police

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A transient was taken into custody Thursday and facing a possible murder charge after he called Costa Mesa police and reported that he had found a woman's body, authorities said.

Daniel Correa, 24, a transient from Santa Ana, called police about 7:10 a.m. Wednesday "advising he had found a female's body in the Talbert Regional Park area," Costa Mesa police said in a statement.

"Police officers and detectives responded to the Talbert Nature Preserve, at 1299 Victoria St., and located the male caller -- identified as Correa -- as well as the female's body in the brush area nearby," police said.

The name of the 29-year-old woman was withheld, pending family notification. Police said she was a transient from Massachusetts.

"The apparent cause of death was blunt force trauma," police said.

Correa was booked on suspicion of murder, and was being held without bail.

Costa Mesa Police Department