Live-in boyfriend arrested on suspicion of Santa Ana woman’s death

A woman who was killed in a Santa Ana apartment above the 4th Street shopping district on Saturday was identified by police Sunday, Dec. 17.
Shannon Pearce Likens, 38, was discovered bleeding and unconscious by police officers at 11:33 a.m. Saturday at 316 W. 4th Street, police said. Paramedics declared her dead at 11:55 a.m. after both police and paramedics tried to save Likens’ life.
At 11:33 a.m. Saturday police received a call about a woman screaming in the 300 block of West Fourth Street in Santa Ana, in an apartment above businesses across from the federal courthouse. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Neighbors told police they saw Liken’s live-in boyfriend Prentis John Hill leave the scene.
Police arrested Hill, 39, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, when he went to the emergency room of College Hospital in Costa Mesa seeking treatment. Hill was arrested on suspicion of killing Likens.
No further information was released Sunday.
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Source: Oc Register