Crime & Safety
Woman In Her 50s Found Stabbed To Death In San Juan Capistrano: Police
The woman's body was found in the 32000 block of Valle Road in San Juan Capistrano, authorities said.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — A woman in her 50s was found dead in a San Juan Capistrano home Saturday and a man was arrested on suspicion of the act, authorities said Sunday.
Orange County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched at around 6:30 p.m. to the 32000 block of Valle Road in San Juan Capistrano regarding an assault.
According to deputies, a woman in her 50s was discovered at the scene with several stab wounds. Deputies pronounced the victim dead at the scene. She was not identified by name, though police reported that she was a relative of the suspect.
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The suspect, 25-year-old Josephe Jimenez Hernandez, of San Juan Capistrano, was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder.
No further information was immediately available.
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