Bartender Charged in Brutal Murder of Restaurant Employee

Dino Rojas-Moreno faces life imprisonment or death penalty if convicted in the killing of Tatum Goodwin, who was found beaten to death at a construction site.

• Dino Rojas-Moreno, a 26-year-old bartender from Laguna Hills, California, has been arrested and charged with the murder of 27-year-old Tatum Goodwin.
• Goodwin's body was found on November 12 at a construction site near the restaurant where she worked in Laguna Beach, California. She had been beaten with a fire extinguisher and left under a chain link fence with a sandbag on her head.
• Rojas-Moreno is accused of approaching Goodwin in a parking lot, assaulting her, and dragging her to a secluded area behind a movie theater under construction where he allegedly beat her to death.
• Rojas-Moreno faces charges of murder, kidnapping, and the use of a fire extinguisher as a weapon. If convicted, he could face life imprisonment or the death penalty.
• Goodwin's friends and family have set up a GoFundMe to pay for her memorial service and to establish a memorial in Laguna Beach in her memory.

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