WOMAN SUSPECTED IN STABBING DEATH.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found stabbed in a camper van in a Valley Central shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into parking lot. The man was found Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. after a drunk woman approached a deputy patrolling the shopping center and told him a man in the van had fallen on a knife, investigators said. ``We're waiting for her to sober up Verb 1. sober up - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" sober become, get, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; . We haven't had an opportunity to talk to her.'' Lt. Al Grotefend said Monday morning. The death brought Antelope Valley's homicides for 2003 to at least 39, topping the record 38 set in 1992 and up more than 60 percent from 2002's 24 homicides. Most local killings were linked to drugs or gangs, sheriff's officials say. The victim had been stabbed in the chest, a coroner's report said. He was tentatively identified as a 42-year-old man of no known address, but his name was not released while authorities tried to locate his family. Both he and the woman were believed to be transients who traveled in the camper van, which had Arizona license plates, deputies said. Investigators didn't know if the couple had been staying in the area or were just passing through when the stabbing stab v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs v.tr. 1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. 2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something. 3. occurred. The woman was taken into custody on suspicion of public intoxication Public intoxication, also known as "drunk and disorderly conduct" (sometimes, incorrectly, as "drunken disorderly"), is a summary offence in many countries. The laws regarding drunkenness vary wildly from one legislative body to the next and are open to a certain amount of , which allows authorities to hold her until they learn whether she had something to do with the victim's death. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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