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A 37-year-old Huntington Beach man was in custody Tuesday on
suspicion of killing two women in Westminster whose bodies were
found in Newport Beach.

He is also suspected of possibly setting one of the women’s
homes on fire.

Christopher Ireland was taken into custody by Westminster police
and booked on two counts of murder in the deaths of Yolanda
Holtrey, 59, and her 49-year-old friend, whose name was withheld
pending notification of next of kin.

The bodies of the two women were found in a field in Newport
Beach Monday morning prior to the arrest, according to
authorities.

This drama began when Orange County Fire Authority firefighters
responded to a fire at Holtrey’s home in the 5000 block of
Northwestern Way on New Year’s Day.

The fire was reported at 5:21 a.m., according to OCFA Capt.
Larry Kurtz.

“It took about 30 minutes to put out,” Kurtz said. “There is no
confirmed cause for the fire yet, but it’s possibly arson.”

That’s a sentiment shared by Westminster police.

“It does seem to be connected to the murders,” Westminster
police Corporal Alan Aoki told City News Service.

After the fire at the house was put out, authorities could not
locate Holtrey, a fact that sparked the murder investigation and
the grisly discovery of the two women’s bodies made this morning.

Ireland was arrested after he appeared at the fire scene. Aoki
said his arrest came after detectives uncovered certain,
unspecified evidence at the home that appeared to connect
Ireland to the crimes. However, he said the motives for the fire
and the subsequent murders is unclear at this point and remain
under investigation.

Ireland, he said, has had no prior run-ins with law enforcement
in Westminster.

Ireland is a licensed real estate agent working for Realty One
Group, Inc. in Rancho Cucamonga with no disciplinary actions on
his record, according to California real estate records. Ireland
was first licensed as an agent this past August.

Media reports indicated that Ireland and his wife may have
attended a New Year’s Eve party at Holtrey’s house. It’s unclear
at this point what the relationship was between Ireland and the
two murdered women. But Aoki said it didn’t appear that anyone
else but Ireland was involved in these crimes.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department was assisting Westminster
police in this investigation.

Ireland was currently being held in Orange County jail without
bail, according to jail records. He is scheduled to head to
court on Wednesday for his arraignment.

http://mynewsla.com/orange-county/2017/01/02/grisly-find-of-two- dead-women-in-newport-beach-real-estate-agent-suspect/
 

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