Citrus Heights police said a 32-year-old man has been arrested after turning himself in Thursday morning, following the death of a woman police said had severe assault-related injuries — making it the third homicide in the city this month.
On Thursday morning around 1:45 a.m., police said officers responded to a report of an assault near Auburn Boulevard on the 7500 block of Cook Avenue.
Officers responding to the scene found a female with “severe injuries” who was taken to a local hospital where she was later pronounced deceased, according to a police news release.
Police said the woman’s injuries “were consistent with an assault,” leading detectives to begin a homicide investigation on scene. Detectives shortly identified a potential suspect who “was known to the victim but was no longer at the scene.” Around 3 a.m., “the suspect contacted police dispatch and advised that he wanted to turn himself in,” according to the news release.
Police said the suspect, identified as William Patrick Hendrickson, was taken into custody “without incident,” and was booked in the Sacramento County Jail for homicide.
[Earlier this month: Shooting: Citrus Heights police arrest man on murder charges]
In what has turned out to be a deadly March for Citrus Heights, this latest case is the third homicide arrest police have made this month. On March 6, police made an arrest in the shooting death of a 22-year-old near Greenback Lane, and most recently arrested a 48-year-old man in the case of a murdered woman who also showed signs of assault.
According to Sergeant Michael Wells, in all three homicide cases, the suspects and victims were known by each other. He also said arrests have been made in all three cases, with “no outstanding subjects in any of the homicides.”
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