The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified a 31-year-old man found dead in the trunk of a parked car at Sonoma State University on Monday as Sean Francis Parker.
Parker, who investigators say was murdered, had addresses in Santa Rosa and Vallejo, sheriff's officials said.
Lt. Dennis O'Leary said Parker was a suspect in a domestic disturbance that occurred Friday in Santa Rosa. The female victim of the disturbance is not a suspect in the murder, O'Leary said.
After the disturbance, Santa Rosa police had issued a "be on the lookout" alert for Parker and a gold sedan associated with him, O'Leary said.
According to the Santa Rosa police log, a "be on the lookout" bulletin was issued at 2:40 p.m. Friday in relation to an incident at Fourth and D streets.
Sheriff's deputies found the gold sedan parked in a no-parking zone on Petaluma Hill Road north of East Cotati Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Monday, O'Leary said.
Deputies checked the license plate and learned that the vehicle was linked to the Santa Rosa domestic disturbance, O'Leary said. It is believed the car had been there since Saturday afternoon or evening, he said.
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Deputies saw blood on one of the car's seats, then found Parker's body wrapped in a blanket inside the unlocked trunk. The gold sedan belongs to the murder victim's family, O'Leary said.
Parker has a criminal history in Sonoma County, and some of the people he is associated with are involved in gangs, O'Leary said.
Neither Parker nor the female domestic disturbance victim attends Sonoma State University, O'Leary said.
