Posted: Jul 28, 2010 5:11 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 29, 2010 11:06 AM EDT
SALINAS, Calif- There will be no charges filed against a woman for stabbing her boyfriend to death in the lower Soledad Street area know as Chinatown.
Police were conducting a patrol sweep when they heard someone screaming for help early Wednesday morning.
They found a 25-year-old man on Lake Avenue suffering from a several stab wounds to his neck. According to police, the victim was covered in large amounts of blood. The victim told officers he had been stabbed by his girlfriend. The victim was transported to a bay area hospital for treatment where he was pronounced dead.
Police say that the girlfriend called 911 Wednesday morning claiming that the pair had been fighting. After questioning her, police and the District Attorney's Office called this a case of self-defense.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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