WOMAN JAILED IN STABBING SUSPECT FROM VALENCIA ACCUSED IN SLAYING OF PALMDALE MAN IN O.C.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer VALENCIA -- A pizza store employee who graduated from Bowman High School in 2004 is suspected in the Orange County stabbing death of a Palmdale man. Samantha Elizabeth Rothwell, 20, was arrested Tuesday, suspected of killing Walter Leonel Rivas, 18, who died at University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Irvine Medical Center on Monday of stab wounds suffered in an altercation. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. Police Capt. Dan Johnson Dan Johnson may refer to:
Rivas and Rothwell allegedly got into an argument on a stairwell stair·well n. A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. stairwell Noun a vertical shaft in a building that contains a staircase Noun 1. landing outside their hotel room. A wounded Rivas was brought back into the room, where officers found him about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday. He was taken to the hospital, where he was declared dead. A white pickup truck said to be owned by Rothwell hit a parked vehicle in the hotel parking lot as it left the premises. Surveillance video of the incident has been turned over to Huntington Beach Police. Rothwell was arrested at her Valencia home by U.S. marshals working with Huntington Beach police. Detectives from Huntington Beach returned to the house Wednesday with a search warrant and collected several items as evidence. Rothwell is being held at the Central Women's Jail in Santa Ana with bail set at $1.5 million and is scheduled to appear in court at the West Justice Center today. Bowman Principal Robin Geissler described Rothwell as a gifted artist. ``She was so energetic and a creative young person,'' Geissler said. ``I remember her drawing a lot.'' carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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