A 38-year-old man was arrested in connection with his girlfriend’s death after she was found mortally injured Saturday in the apartment the two shared in Colina Del Sol, San Diego police said.
Nancy Del Alto, 35, died shortly after police received a report of an unresponsive woman on 54th Street near Trojan Avenue around 3:50 a.m., San Diego police Lt. Lou Maggi said.
When officers arrived, they found Del Alto suffering from apparent facial trauma, and blood was found in multiple places in the apartment, Maggi said.
Del Alto was taken to a hospital, where she died.
Her boyfriend, Jose Manuel Castaneda, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Additional details about the events leading up to Del Alto’s death were not immediately available.