Man Arrested in Elderly Anaheim Woman's Murder

Anaheim - A Los Angeles man was arrested Sunday night in connection with the murder of an 84-year-old Anaheim woman found dead in her house, police said.

Anthony Wade, 25, was detained in Highland in San Bernardino County by law enforcement officers responding to a disturbance call at a supermarket, said Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez

"When he was detained, he was in possession of a vehicle that was registered to a house in the 2400 block of Paradise Road," Martinez said. "Deputies from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department called us and told us go to the house and ask the owner if they knew where their car was."

Officers who went to the house around 7:30 a.m. got no response at the front door, and when they went around to the back they found an open door, Martinez said.

"Upon entry, they discovered a dead woman in the living room," Martinez said.

The condition of the body and house indicated she had been murdered, he said.

Anaheim detectives retrieved the vehicle for processing and transported Wade to Anaheim for questioning, he said.

He was arrested around 7 p.m. and booked on suspicion of murder.

He was being held at the Anaheim Detention Facility. Bail information was unavailable, but Martinez said police expect it to be $1 million.

Police would not immediately identify the victim, but did say she appeared to be the 84-year-old woman who lived alone in the house.

"She was a humble, lovable human being," neighbor Maria Rudal told the Orange County Register. "She loved everyone, was friendly to everybody. We called her `everybody's grandmother' because she loved all the kids in the neighborhood."