ONTARIO -- A woman was arrested on suspicion of murder Sunday after police found her walking with a trash can that contained an unidentified man's partial remains.
Carmen Montenegro, 51, was arrested at about 2:45 p.m. after Ontario police received calls that she was pushing a container with human remains, according to a news release.
Montenegro allegedly walked with the wheeled trash can 200 yards along a sidewalk -- from a home in the 700 block of North Holmes Avenue, where she may have lived, to the 900 block of East H Street, where she was arrested, police said.
Police believe the unidentified man's remains were dug up from the back yard of the home in the 700 block of North Holmes Avenue, said Detective Jeff Crittenden.
Crittenden said police found a hole in the home's rear lawn.
The identity of the deceased man, his cause of death, the location of his death, and his connection to Montenegro remain unknown, Crittenden said today.
Crittenden said the remains in the trash can were partial, but he declined to say which body parts were present or missing.
Authorities this afternoon continued to search the back yard where the body was reportedly removed from the ground, as well as the inside of the house, Crittenden said.
Police said Montenegro is a resident of San Bernardino, but Crittenden said she may have previously lived in the home in the 700 block of North Holmes Avenue.
Multiple residents of the area said Montenegro's mother owns the home and lives there, and Montenegro has lived there on and off since for at least 15 years.
Some of Montenegro's other relatives also live in the home, as do tenants who rent rooms, the neighbors said.
After Montenegro was arrested, she was taken to the Ontario Police Department and later booked at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, according to a police news release.
Crittenden said Montenegro asked for an attorney and did not speak to police.
Detectives interviewed eight other witnesses Sunday night at the Ontario Police Department, Crittenden said.