Crime & Safety

Son Charged With Stabbing Mother To Death In San Juan Capistrano

A 25-year-old man was charged Tuesday with fatally stabbing his mother in San Juan Capistrano, court records show.

A 25-year-old man was charged Tuesday with stabbing his mother to death in San Juan Capistrano, court records show.
A 25-year-old man was charged Tuesday with stabbing his mother to death in San Juan Capistrano, court records show. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — A 25-year-old man was charged Tuesday with stabbing his mother to death in San Juan Capistrano, court records show.

Joseph Jimenez-Hernandez was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.

The suspect is accused of killing his 56-year-old mother, Luz Griselda Hernandez-Jimenez on Saturday, the Orange County Sheriff's Department reported.

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Deputies were dispatched at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday to the 32000 block of Valle Road in response to a report of an assault, deputies said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

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