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A founding member of the experimental 1990s rock band Mr. Bungle, Theobald Lengyel, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with murder, after the police in Capitola, Calif., found human remains that they believed were his girlfriend\u2019s in a wooded area of a regional park.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lengyel\u2019s girlfriend, Alice Kamakaokalani Herrmann, 61, who was known as Alyx, was last seen in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Dec. 3, according to the El Cerrito Police Department. After not hearing from her for more than a week, her family reported her missing on Dec. 12, the police said.<\/p>\n
Ms. Herrmann had lived in Capitola, a small seaside town in Santa Cruz County. The police said in a statement that during their investigation they found her car, a red Toyota Highlander SUV, at Mr. Lengyel\u2019s house in El Cerrito, about an hour and 40 minutes by car from Capitola. Investigators found remains, which are still being identified, in Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley, the police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the investigation progressed, it became clear that foul play was involved,\u201d the Capitola Police Department said in a statement, \u201cleading to the identification of Theobald Lengyel as a suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Mr. Lengyel, 54, who has also released music under the name Mylo Stone, has not cooperated with the investigation, according to the El Cerrito Police Department, which said they believed Mr. Lengyel had left town and drove to Portland, Ore., after Ms. Herrmann\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n
Mr. Lengyel, who played the alto saxophone, was one of the founding members of Mr. Bungle, which formed in the mid-1980s in Northern California as a metal band before embarking on a more experimental, absurdist path. The band released its first album, also named \u201cMr. Bungle,\u201d in 1991.<\/p>\n
The album, which included a mixture of progressive rock, punk and funk, featured song titles like \u201cSqueeze Me Macaroni\u201d and \u201cThe Girls of Porn.\u201d Allmusic.com described it<\/a> as \u201ca difficult, not very accessible record,\u201d but noted that \u201cthe band wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Lengyel left the band in the late 1990s, before the release of the album \u201cCalifornia.\u201d The band reunited and performed in Los Angeles in 2020, without Mr. Lengyel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n