Lawrence Matthew Brennen Jr., 39, who grew up in Carpinteria and was known to friends and family as “Shorty,” has been identified as the man found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Santa Barbara apartment on Oct. 28.
According to the Santa Barbara Police Department, officers responded to a welfare check on Oct. 27 in the 100 block of Los Aguajes Avenue. After encountering suspicious circumstances, investigators obtained a search warrant and returned the following morning, discovering Brennen’s body inside the residence.
Two Santa Barbara residents, Jenica Monique Ochoa, 45, and Kenneth Eugene Tompkins, 43, have been charged with felony conspiracy and misdemeanor concealing a death…