Crime & Safety
Woman Stabbed to Death in Arcadia
The incident occurs on the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.
By City News Service
A woman was fatally stabbed Tuesday in Arcadia, and a man believed to be a family member was taken into custody, police reported.
Officers were sent to an apartment complex in the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue at 8:24 a.m. on a report of "a female not breathing," said Arcadia police Sgt. Kollin Cieadlo.
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"On arrival, officers encountered a female in her mid-30s inside of an apartment suffering from multiple stab wounds," Cieadlo said. "Arriving officers were directed to a possible suspect who had just left the location."
The name and age of the man -- who Cieadlo said "appears to be a family member of the victim" -- were not immediately released, nor was the name of the victim, who died at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.
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Anyone with information on the case was urged to call Arcadia police at (626) 574-5151, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.
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