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Report: Body found in backyard of California woman charged with murder, child abuse
By Ann Smajstrla, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Feb 27, 2019A California woman was arrested on murder and child abuse charges after police said they found a body in her backyard.
Beant Kaur Dhillon, 43, was arrested Tuesday on charges of murder and willful cruelty to a child, KGET-TV reported. The arrest came after police reportedly unearthed a body in the backyard of the Bakersfield house Dhillon owns.
A county website listed Dhillon as the owner of the house in question, according to the news station.
Detectives on the scene wouldn’t comment on the investigation to KGET-TV, but pictures taken by neighbors show investigators digging in a planter behind the house.
Dhillon declined requests for comment from KGET-TV.
