Overview

• Renteria, 25, is being held on $4 million bail at Twin Towers and faces murder plus counts related to mutilation, disinterment, and sexual contact with human remains.
• Deputies found him with self-inflicted injuries at a Ventura County motel on Sept. 11, prompting a welfare check that uncovered Bunyan’s dismembered remains in the couple’s Los Feliz apartment.
• Court filings state he admitted strangling her and described using a rear‑naked chokehold, while a neighbor says Bunyan had been trying to leave an abusive relationship.
• Authorities say the couple’s newborn daughter was dropped at his parents’ home and is believed to be safe, and records show Bunyan sought a restraining order in December 2023 that was later dismissed.
• Relatives are fundraising to return her remains to Scotland, and the next court date is set for Nov. 18.