Stockton Man Arrested For Murder Of Woman Found In Pleasanton Garbage Can
PLEASANTON (CBS13) - A 30-year-old Stockton man was arrested Wednesday and charged with the murder of a 25-year-old woman whose body was found stuffed in a garbage can five months ago in Pleasanton.
Ana Flores-Pineda's body was found May 24 but her identity wasn't immediately known. Stockton police received a report of a missing person June 12 and, working with Pleasanton PD, identified Flores-Pineda as the body found in Pleasanton.
Her live-in boyfriend, Javier Prado Sandoval, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail for the murder, Stockton police said.
Pleasanton police executed a search warrant with Stockton police early Wednesday morning at the home Flores-Pineda shared with Sandoval near McGaw Street and Rosemary Lane.
Flores-Pineda is the 61 homicide for Stockton this year, surpassing last year's record of 58.
Police declined to release any other information on the arrest, citing the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Stockton Police Investigations Unit at (209) 937-8323 or Crime Stoppers at (209) 946-0600. Callers can remain anonymous.
