Woman Dies After Stabbing in Wildomar; Son Arrested on Suspicion of Murder
A 64-year-old woman died on Tuesday, April 23 after being stabbed in her Wildomar home on Monday night. Deputies arrested her son, 24-year-old Evan Jon Zavala, on suspicion of murder.
Deputies responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon at around 9:54 p.m. on Monday at the 33000 block of Breckenridge Trail in Wildomar, east of the 15 Freeway and north of Bundy Canyon Road. They found the victim inside a residence with stab wounds and took her to a hospital, where she died.
Zavala was arrested at 10 p.m. and is being held on $1 million bail. The motive for the stabbing is still under investigation.
A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said that this is an ongoing investigation and that no additional information is available at this time.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Investigator J. Juarez with the Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-1700 or Investigator T. Quick with the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station at (951) 245-3300.
