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Human remains found in North Hills backyard, man arrested

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A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with human remains found in the backyard of a North Hills home.

The remains were found at a home in the 16200 block of Community Court. Investigators said the remains are connected to a missing person case from June.


LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said the missing persons unit has been investigating the case for six months, and homicide detectives became involved a few weeks ago.

“We were able to, while serving a search warrant [Tuesday], make a determination that our cadaver dogs identified an area of interest,” Hamilton told KNX News’ Pete Demetriou. “That is where we found the remains.”

48-year-old Russell Robinson was later arrested on suspicion of murder at a separate location. He’s being held on $2 million bail.

The victim was identified Wednesday as 35-year-old Carlos DeLeon, from Guatemala.

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