Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Corning, CA: Corning Woman Murdered

The community of Corning is in shock over the violent murder of a teacher's aide, and the arrest of her boyfriend for the crime.

Police say 49 year old Steven Piazza called them early Monday to say he had killed his girlfriend...55 year old linda griggs, in the home the two shared with their ten year old daughter.

Neighbor Mary Hall learned of the crime when she went to get the morning paper, "He's a truck driver, gone all the time, leaves one in the afternoon, back ten oclock at night. I didn't know nothiing about what was going on."

Griggs, a teachers aid at Olive View Elementary School, was found dead in the kitchen of the duplex. She had been beaten, with obvious head trauma.

Corning Police Chief Tony Cardenas," We haven't established what was used. The cause of death. Waiting for autopsy results. It wasn't a shooting? No, it was not."

A long time friend and co worker of Griggs lives on the other side of the duplex, and said she never saw trouble . The night Griggs was killed she heard nothing."

Piazza is a big rig driver...his truck, is still parked outside the crime scene. Police say he has admitted to the crime, but they wouldn't elaborate much on what sparked the violence. "He, obviously domestic dispute, he uh, been something apparently ongoing for some time."

Cardenas said there is no record of past domestic abuse. He confirmed the couple's daughter was asleep at the time of the crime, and said she had no knowledge of what happened. He says Piazza woke her up and took her to her older sister's house before he called to turn himself in.

Grigg's older daughter called action news today to say a memorial service is planned for Saturday at eleven, at the Rolling Hills Casino.

Meanwhile, Piazza is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges Wednesday.###

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