Bartender Accused of Fatally Beating Female Restaurant Worker with Fire Extinguisher, Facing Murder Charges – One America News Network
OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
3:18 PM – Monday, November 20, 2023
Disturbing new details have surfaced regarding the death of a 27-year-old woman who was violently beaten to death with a fire extinguisher by a bartender in Laguna Beach, California.
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On Wednesday, Dino Rojas-Moreno, 26, was arrested for the murder of Tatum Goodwin, whose body was discovered on November 12th in a Laguna Beach alley just a few blocks away from her place of work.
“This arrest was the result of outstanding police work by our Investigations team that worked tirelessly with our law enforcement partners to bring justice to Tatum Goodwin and her family,” said Laguna Beach Police Chief Jeff Calvert.
Rojas-Moreno’s bail is currently set at $1,000,000, according to a Laguna Beach Police Department news release.
The Laguna Beach Police Department announced that a construction worker had discovered Goodwin’s lifeless body near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach on the morning of November 12th.
“Her body was under a chain link fence on a construction site and a sandbag had been placed on her head,” prosecutors revealed in the court filing.
Rojas-Moreno, who was detained in Laguna Hills on Wednesday in connection to Goodwin’s death, reportedly worked as a bartender at Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill, according to the Orange County Register.
Rojas-Moreno’s place of work was also near the restaurant that Goodwin was employed at, as she worked as an assistant manager at Carmelita’s restaurant in Laguna Beach.
According to the filing made on Friday in Orange County Superior Court, Rojas-Moreno is accused of using a fire extinguisher as a weapon in the murder of Goodwin, which he allegedly did “in the commission and attempted commission of the crime of kidnapping.”
