Overview

• After a friend reported the 33-year-old woman missing last Tuesday, detectives gathered facts that led the Missing Persons Unit to hand the case over to homicide investigators.
• San Diego detectives located Magana in South Gate, where they detained him during a traffic stop.
• He is held without bail at the San Diego County Jail.
• Investigators have not recovered the victim’s body and are urging anyone with information to call the Homicide Unit or Crime Stoppers.
• The probe involved collaboration between San Diego and Los Angeles County authorities.