A 35-year-old man was charged Tuesday with killing a woman in Huntington Beach.
Christopher Mendez of Diamond Bar was charged with murder and was scheduled to be arraigned in the West Justice Center in Westminster Tuesday afternoon.
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Mendez was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Mexico border as he attempted to re-enter the United States, said Jessica Cuchilla, a spokeswoman for the Huntington Beach Police Department.
Mendez, who was being held on $2 million bail, is accused of killing 35-year-old Nicole Marquisee of Walnut on May 31, Cuchilla said.
Police were dispatched about 2:30 p.m. that day to a residence on the 1100 block of England Street for a suspicious death.
Police would not release any further details.
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