KRCA
February 10, 2015
A Stockton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of a 22-year-old woman whose body was found in a Manteca dumpster last year, police said.
Richard Howard Watkins, 49, was formally charged in the killing of Kelly Marelich, according to Manteca police.
Marelich’s body was found on March 15 in a dumpster behind a business in the 1100 block of South Main Street, detectives said.
After several months of investigations, officers identified Watkins as the prime suspect.
Watkins is currently incarcerated in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Deuel Vocational Institution on an unrelated offense.
Watkins is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 23 in San Joaquin County court.