Crime & Safety

Woman Stabbed To Death In Garden Grove, Suspect Arrested

A woman was stabbed to death in a motel room in Garden Grove Wednesday, and one man has been arrested on suspicion of the crime.

GARDEN GROVE, CA —A woman was stabbed to death in a motel room in Garden Grove Wednesday, and one man has been arrested on suspicion of the crime.

Garden Grove Police Department officers responded at about 5:45 a.m. to the Motel 6 in the 12000 block of Trask Avenue, near the Garden Grove (22) Freeway and Harbor Boulevard, on reports of a domestic disturbance, according to a department statement.

Arriving officers found the woman suffering from multiple stab wounds in a motel room and attempted to provide "life-saving measures," but she died at the scene.

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Her name was not immediately released.

The man was detained at the scene and later arrested for the stabbing, police said.

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An investigation into the stabbing was ongoing and anyone with information was asked to call GGPD Detective T. Ramirez at 714-741-5810.

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