LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
Trust Fund Established For 6-Year-Old Boy, Family
(12/22/2009)
A murder charge was filed Thursday against an East Los Angeles man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in her car in Reseda.
Fredy Hernandez, 30, was expected to be arraigned late Thursday afternoon in Van Nuys Superior Court on the murder charge, with an allegation that he used a deadly and dangerous weapon, an ice pick, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Hernandez faces a maximum prison term of 26 years to life if convicted. Prosecutors were recommending that bail be kept at $1 million.
Hernandez allegedly confronted Doris Salguero, 24, of Reseda, following a holiday gathering. He is accused of stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back.
Salguero's body was discovered in the back seat of her car about 1:20 p.m. Sunday near Leadwell Street and Shirley Avenue, about three blocks from her home.
The victim's relatives contacted police Sunday because they were concerned when she failed to return home from a Christmas party in Carson on Saturday night. Police said Salguero and Hernandez were among those who attended the party, which was a gathering for Amway employees.
"The motive for this murder appears to be that Miss Salguero refused to reconcile with the suspect," LAPD Capt. John Egan said earlier. Egan said the murder weapon had not been located and may have been discarded alongside a freeway.
Salguero leaves behind a 6-year-old son named Erik.
"She had family who loved and cared for her, and here we are in the holiday season," Egan said previously. "It's just hard to imagine the agony that that family must be going through and the agony that her son, Erik, is going to be going through."
A trust fund was established at First Commerce Bank in Encino to assist the family.
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