A woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend at their Spring Valley apartment pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge.
Anielka Arbizu, 37, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the Aug. 7 stabbing of Manuel Castro, 41. She faces 26 years to life in state prison if convicted of murder and an allegation of using a knife in the killing, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
Deputies responded at 11:40 p.m. that night to the couple’s apartment in the 3500 block of James Circle, according to Lt. Thomas Seiver of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Castro was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead “shortly after arriving,” Seiver said. An autopsy determined the preliminary cause of death was a stab wound to the chest, according to the lieutenant.
Arbizu, who investigators located at the scene, was also hospitalized with unspecified, non-life-threatening injuries, Seiver said.
County jail records indicate she was booked into custody the following day, and was being held without bail. Sheriff’s deputies did not disclose a suspected motive for the stabbing.
Arbizu’s next court date is a Sept. 8 readiness conference.
— City News Service
