Overview
- Murrieta police say a 70-year-old man was pronounced dead and his wife was hospitalized after an attacker used a screwdriver and a knife inside their Old Spring Road home around 8:18 a.m. on Nov. 5.
- Officers arrested Manuel Arturo Alvarez, 36, of Modesto, after finding him hiding in a ravine on Wild Flower Drive; a K-9 was deployed during the apprehension, and he was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
- Authorities report the Murrieta woman remains in stable condition, and the victims’ identities have not been released.
- In Morongo Valley, deputies responded about 3:10 a.m. to a residence on Twentynine Palms Highway where a 58-year-old man was fatally stabbed and a 59-year-old woman sustained severe lacerations after encountering a man in the kitchen.
- The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department identified the suspect as Rocky Duarte, 41, who was arrested at his residence and remains held at the West Valley Detention Center, with a court appearance set for Friday.