Body Found In Dry Ice In Hotel Room
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A woman whose body was found packed in dry ice in a hotel room had outstanding warrants from drug charges in Colorado, records show. Detectives found the body of Monique Trepp, 33, fully clothed inside a large Rubbermaid container late Thursday after arresting Stephen Royds, 46, at the Fairmont Newport Beach for investigation of selling and possessing cocaine, police Sergeant Evan Sailor said.
An autopsy of Trepp was inconclusive but her death did not appear to be a homicide. Royds, 46, was booked Saturday afternoon at Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, where he was denied bail because of a possible probation violation, authorities said. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the drug charges today. He has not been charged in connection with Trepp’s death.
