Arrest Made in Death of Woman Found in Trunk of Burning Car in Southern California

Published on December 24, 2023

LANCASTER, Calif.—A 37-year-old man was behind bars Dec. 23 in connection with the death of a woman whose charred body was found in the trunk of a car in the Quartz Hill neighborhood of Lancaster in Los Angeles County. Matthew Switalski was arrested around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Kern County and booked on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s officials said Mr. Switalski owns the home in the 41400 block of 38th Street West where the body was found around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when fire crews extinguished a fire in the garage. The body of the woman, whose name and age were withheld pending notification of her next of kin, was found in the trunk of a car that was parked in the garage, sheriff’s officials said. A cause of death has not been released....

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