by Timothy Rutt
A 55 year old woman was arrested Saturday in the stabbing death of her husband on the 900 block of Mariposa Street.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputies from Altadena Station responded to a call of a "person stabbed" at 1:27 PM Saturday. The victim, a 47-year-old man, was found lying on a sidewalk in front of an apartment building at the location.
According to a press release from the sheriff's office, "Further investigation revealed that the victim had been stabbed by his wife ... The victim was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 5:12 P.M."
The release says that the suspect and victim lived in an apartment together and that the murder weapon, a knife, was recovered at the scene.
Cause of the stabbing is still under investigation, the release said.
The watch commander at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station said at midnight Saturday that interviews were still going on and they hadn't released the name of the victim or suspect.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers" by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the websitehttp://lacrimestoppers.org.
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