Macy Wrights Vallecillo, a 33-year-old black woman, was found dead Monday, Jan. 29, in the 19000 block of Keswick Street in Reseda, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.
Police were called about 11:28 a.m. to a storage shed that had been converted to a home and found an unconscious Vallecillo, who had suffered blunt force trauma, according to Los Angeles Police Det. John Doerbecker. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Doerbecker declined to say how Vallecillo had died but said that before the killing, she had gotten into an argument with her live-in boyfriend, Marcelino De Los Santos.
Coroner’s records show that Vallecillo suffered head trauma.
De Los Santos, a 51-year-old Latino, was charged with one count of murder in connection with Vallecillo’s death, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
De Los Santos has a previous felony conviction, according to prosecutors. In 1994, he was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (818) 374-9550. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.