From Kim Minugh:
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives have arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a 19-year-old's body behind a Rancho Cordova garbage bin earlier this week.
Jeffrey Bruce Campbell was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail late Thursday night on one count of murder, jail booking records show. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
Campbell is accused of stabbing a man to death Tuesday morning and dumping his body behind a trash bin in a business complex on Fite Circle, said Sgt. Tim Curran.
Curran identified the victim as Frederick Howard, 19, whose last known address was in Sacramento.
Deputies were called to 3100 Fite Circle about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after an employee at one of the businesses in the complex discovered the body while taking out the trash.
Initially it was not clear what trauma the body had suffered or how the body got there. Detectives later determined through interviews with people who knew Howard that Campbell was the last person to see him alive, Curran said.
Campbell and Howard argued, and then Campbell stabbed the man somewhere in Rancho Cordova early Tuesday morning, Curran said. Campbell then dumped Howard's body on Fite Circle -- a randomly chosen location -- shortly thereafter, Curran said.
Detectives are investigating whether the homicide was drug-related.
Sheriff's homicide detectives have investigated 12 homicides in their jurisdiction so far this year, including a fatal officer-involved shooting. The only case in which a suspect is outstanding is the Jan. 10 shooting death of Leel Wilson.
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