LOS ANGELES _ The boyfriend of the mother of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found in a duffel bag on a Hacienda Heights trail has been charged with murder in the girl's death, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Emiel Hunt, 38, was arrested Saturday in Santa Fe Springs and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail pending a scheduled appearance in a Pomona courtroom, the district attorney's office said.
Hunt is accused of killing Trinity Love Jones on or about March 1, according to the criminal complaint. The girl's body was discovered on an equestrian trail March 5. She was identified over the weekend.
Antonio Jones, the girl's father, identified Hunt's arrest record on a sheriff's website and on social media accounts.
Barbara Jones, Trinity Love Jones' grandmother, said they were told detectives think Hunt is responsible for the girl's death.
"We going to be at court in Pomona tomorrow," she said Monday.
Court records show Hunt was convicted of child abuse in San Diego County in 2005 and sentenced to 12 years in state prison.
The girl's mother, Taquesta Graham, was also taken into custody over the weekend, but no charges have been filed against her. Court records show she also has a prior conviction for involvement with a minor in prostitution.
