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A tight-knit Orange County community is in shock after the body of a 27- year-old woman was found dead in an alley behind an old movie theater and
a restaurant Sunday.
Officers with Laguna Beach Police Department responded after a
construction worker discovered the body of Tatum Goodwin �down in a
secluded location� at around 8:20 a.m. near the 200 block of Ocean Avenue,
a news release from the LBPD stated.
Police added that her body showed trauma consistent with a homicide.
�She was just such a loving, honest person,� a friend of the 27-year-old, Aleena Macintosh, told KTLA�s Mary Beth McDade. �You just wouldn�t think
that anything would happen to her.�
Others who knew her say they are still in disbelief that the young,
attractive member of their community was found under these tragic circumstances.
�Everyone knew her as just a kind girl that was around, kind of a face of
the community, not from here, lived in San Clemente,� Nicolas Alonge,
another friend, said. �She worked at Carmelita�s.�
The owner of Carmelita�s, Marcos Heredia, said Goodwin was a valued member
of his team for more than four years, working as an assistant manager.
�She definitely did not deserve this, just a beautiful person,� he said.
�It�s affected not only me. It�s affected so much of our team.�
Heredia said the 27-year-old�s badly beaten body was found in the alley
behind his restaurant.
�For me, it wasn�t just losing a friend. It�s clearly almost losing a
family member,� he said. �I knew that she always had my back and I always
had her back also when she needed things.�
Her friends told KTLA that after work on Saturday, Goodwin went to nearby Hennessey�s Tavern. The tavern has since posted to social media, asking
anyone with any pictures or videos of her that night to please come
forward.
In the meantime, Heredia has organized a GoFundMe campaign to help her
family with funeral costs and to create a mural of Goodwin.
�I�m trying to gather some funds so we can get a mural made of her back in
the area where her tragedy happened, so that no one in this city will ever forget about Tatum,� he said.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/young-woman-found-dead-in-orange-county- identified/
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