The son of an award-winning TV producer was arrested and charged with murder after a womans decapitated torso was found near a dumpster on Wednesday, Los Angeles police said in a press release .

Samuel Haskell IV, 35, was taken into custody at a Topanga mall on suspicion of murder and was held on $2 million bail.

According to the press release, a man called police after he discovered the human remains while rummaging around a dumpster near an Encino strip mall at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

The investigation led officers to Haskells home, which he shares his wife, Mei Li Haskell, 37, and his in-laws, 64-year-old Yanxiang Wang and 71-year-old Gaoshan Li, police said.

All three family members are currently missing, and police are searching for them.

Samuel and Mei Li Haskell have three children, who were located at school and are now in the care of other relatives.

Police said authorities are in the process of identifying the dead woman.