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ID Released On Homicide Victim Pronounced Dead At Murrieta City Hall

Her alleged killer is due to appear in court Aug. 22.
Police investigate the Aug. 12, 2022, crime scene in Murrieta.
Police investigate the Aug. 12, 2022, crime scene in Murrieta. (Joe Fanaselle)

MURRIETA, CA — The identity of a crime victim who was found fatally injured inside a vehicle in the Murrieta City Hall parking lot two years ago was publicly identified Friday.

The body of 20-year-old Anisa Castaneda of Pomona was discovered Aug. 12, 2022, inside a white Hyundai Elantra at 1 Town Square, next to the Murrieta Police Department.

The grim discovery was made by Murrieta authorities after a 911 call was received at 10:35 a.m. that day, according to a previous statement from Murrieta police Lt. Jeremy Durrant.

The victim was suffering from a traumatic injury and was pronounced dead at the scene, Durrant said.

A man, later identified as Claremont resident Jeffrey Alexander Calzada, then 25, was detained at the scene, according to the Claremont Police Department.

Claremont police were involved after it was determined the victim’s fatal injuries were sustained in their city at a location identified as N. Garey Avenue, north of Foothill Boulevard.

Calzada was charged in the case and arraigned on November 1, 2022, on one count of murder. He pleaded not guilty.

His case continues to move through the judicial system. Calzada, now 27, is due to appear at Pomona Superior Court on Aug. 22 and remains jailed at North County Correctional Facility in Castaic in lieu of $2 million bail, Los Angeles County jail records show.

Details were not released about how Calzada and Castaneda ended up in Murrieta, what her cause of death was, if there was a weapon involved, or a motive in the killing.

Social media platforms indicate Casteneda was a 2020 Claremont High School graduate.

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