By Associated Press - Tuesday, October 4, 2016

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials investigating the stabbing death of a 56-year-old woman at her Santa Clarita home have arrested the woman’s son.

The Los Angeles Times reports (https://lat.ms/2d0jqTh ) Jesse Lucatero was taken into custody Monday, several hours after his mother was found with stab wounds to her upper torso. Maria Acevedo died at the scene.

The 24-year-old Lucatero could face a murder charge and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.



Officials say Acevedo was discovered by her husband.

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Information from: Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com/

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