________________________
________________________
By Brian Hews
Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested Daniel Perez-Munoz, 21, Garden Grove in connection with the homicide of Phuong (Bob) Huynh, 52, Garden Grove.
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 at approximately 7:20 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call of a male subject down near Garden Grove Boulevard and Court Street in the city of Stanton.
Suspect Perez Munoz sports a smile in his booking photo on murder charges in Orange County.
The booking photo of Perez-Munoz was given to Hews Media Group-Community Newspapers on Sunday and it shows the suspect with a large smiling grin on his face.
According to a statement, Deputies arrived and located Huynh in an alleyway, deceased as a result of multiple stab wounds. The preliminary investigation revealed that Huynh was stabbed during an unprovoked altercation with Perez-Munoz in the alleyway. Based on witness statements and evidence recovered at the scene, Perez-Munoz was located and detained a short time later, less than a mile from the scene.
Perez-Munoz was arrested for CPC 187 – Murder and booked into Orange County Jail. He is currently being held on $1 million bail and due in court on Monday, January 13, 2014.
