Pa. Couple, Melissa and Edward Garica, Sought for Killing, Dismembering Man in L.A. Hotel

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) Police are looking for a Pennsylvania couple suspected of killing a man and stuffing his body parts in a backpack and under a bed at a Los Angeles hotel.

Melissa and Edward Garcia Jr. are charged with torturing and murdering a Hollywood man at the Continental Hotel near Skid Row.

The Los Angeles Times said Wednesday a housekeeper discovered the body parts of 49-year-old Herbert Tracy White on Nov. 29 in a backpack left in a room at the Continental.

More parts were found wrapped in blankets under the bed.

Detective Richard Arciniega says it appears White befriended and tried to help the couple, who apparently tried to rob him. He says both the suspects have previous arrests for robbery.

Police detective Kelle Baitx says it appears White was killed during a robbery that went wrong, and the killers were trying to remove the body.

Authorities say the fugitive couple is considered armed and dangerous.