An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a woman found buried inside the wall of a Lomita apartment last summer, investigators said Friday.
Randolph Garbutt, 43, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in lieu of $1 million.
Raven Joy Campbell, who was 31 at the time of her disappearance, was first reported missing in July 2009 from her residence in the 26800 block of Western Avenue, the same apartment where her body was recovered a week ago at the Harbor Hills Housing Project in Lomita, according to the LA County Sheriff's Department.
Family members said residents had complained about an odd odor for years before a phone call tip to Campbell’s sister brought sheriff’s investigators to the apartment and police dogs led them to the grisly discovery July 2.
Garbutt and Campbell both lived at the apartment at the time of her disappearance, along with a couple. The couple no longer lives in the apartment, and has been cooperative with the investigation, officials said.
