Summary:
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend and burying her in the backyard of his home.

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By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 25 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:49 EST, 25 December 2013 . A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend and burying her in the backyard of his home. Police were called to the house in Compton, Los Angeles, on Monday at just before 9pm. The woman's body had been buried in the backyard according to John Corina, of the sheriff's Homicide Bureau. Police were called to the house in Compton, Los Angeles where they found the shallow grave . Police found the body underneath a mound of freshly dug dirt. Devion Anderson, 22, handed himself into police on Tuesday morning and he was charged with murder. According to police he admitted killing the young woman who was his girlfriend. He is now being held in custody on $1 million bail. The identity of the woman has not yet been released according to coroner Jerry McKibben.