Valley Man Suspected Of Murdering Wife In Front Of Child Captured

VAN NUYS, CA — A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wife in front of their 12-year-old son in Van Nuys was taken into custody in Ventura County, Los Angeles police announced Monday.

A Ventura County sheriff's sergeant who responded to a ``pedestrian on the roadway" call recognized Aurelio Teran as the suspect being sought in the stabbing death of his wife, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.

Teran, 39, was transported to an area hospital, where his condition was not immediately known. Authorities have yet to release the time or location of the arrest.

Officers who responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon about 6:15 a.m. Sunday in the 4900 block of Woodman Avenue found the 31-year- old victim, whose name had not been released as of Monday morning, suffering from stab wounds, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the LAPD's Media Relations Section.

Paramedics rushed the woman to an area hospital, where she later died, Eisenman said. Police have not speculated on a motive for the stabbing.

The son was not physically injured, Eisenman said.

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