Woman Charged With Murder In Stabbing Death Of Boyfriend

WESTMINSTER, CA — A 32-year-old woman accused of killing her boyfriend in Westminster made her first court appearance Thursday to face a murder charge.

Ashley Deeanna Charnley is accused of killing a man at about 8 p.m. Sept. 27 in the 13000 block of Goldenwest Street, near the Garden Grove (22) Freeway, police said. The slain man's name has not been released.

Last week, police put out a call for help finding Charnley, who was wanted on a warrant in the fatal stabbing. Charnley was arrested Tuesday and was being held without bail, according to jail records.

Police said the defendant and victim had been in a "dating relationship," but it was unclear what prompted the stabbing.

Charnley did not enter a plea at her arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana Thursday. The hearing was rescheduled for Oct. 19 in the West Justice Center.

Charnley is also facing charges of identity theft filed in July.

She is charged with three counts of identity theft and a count of making or possessing fictitious instruments, all felonies.