Overview
- Police found a woman with severe injuries inside a communal bathroom at The Manor, a licensed adult residential facility on Pico Boulevard, and Santa Monica Fire Department medics pronounced her dead after attempts to revive her on Saturday.
- Hours after the discovery officers took a 35-year-old man into custody in the 3600 block of Crenshaw Boulevard and booked him on suspicion of murder.
- Authorities have not released the victim’s name or described a motive while detectives and forensic personnel carry out an active homicide investigation.
- The Manor provides care for adults with mental illness and developmental disabilities and neighbors say the building has long generated frequent police calls.
- The killing is the city’s fifth homicide this year and comes as police data show a recent rise in arrests, a fact officials cite as evidence of increased enforcement activity.