# Murdered surfing legend’s age-gap girlfriend is arrested over the killing months after claiming she was tied up during deadly home invasion

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/murdered-surfing-legends-age-gap-girlfriend-is-arrested-over-the-killing-months-after-claiming-she-was-tied-up-during-deadly-home-invasion/
- Published: 2026-11-13T17:54:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T18:03:56+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290175/Surfing-legend-Kurt-Van-Dyke-murder-girlfriend.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Van Dyke’s girlfriend and another man have been arrested.
- Both are suspected of participating in his murder.
- His death was first reported as a home invasion.

## Summary

Costa Rican authorities have arrested Kurt Van Dyke’s girlfriend and a 34-year-old man on suspicion of participating in the murder of the California surfing legend. The arrests, months after his death, mark a significant development in a case initially described as a home invasion.

Van Dyke, 66, was found dead in his apartment in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca in February, with signs of asphyxiation and multiple stab wounds. His girlfriend, identified as 31-year-old Arroyo, had said two armed men broke in, killed him, tied her up and stole their car; investigators have not disclosed the full names of either detainee. Van Dyke had lived in Costa Rica since 1983 and owned Hotel Puerto Viejo for about 40 years.

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