Victim Of Stabbing At SD Apartment ID'd, Suspect Charged With Murder

SAN DIEGO, CA — Authorities Thursday publicly identified a 58-year-old man who was fatally stabbed at his North Park home over the Fourth of July weekend, allegedly by one of his two roommates.

Patrol officers responding to a reported assault just before midnight Sunday found John Baquera of San Diego suffering from stab wounds to his chest at an apartment in the 3800 block of Alabama Street, according to police. Baquera died at the scene, Lt. Steve Shebloski said.

The suspected assailant, 39-year-old Jonathan Robert Camp, was gone when police arrived. He returned home about 4 a.m. Monday, however, and was arrested on suspicion of murdering Baquera.

Exactly what led to the fatal assault remained unclear Thursday, though Shebloski said there apparently had "been an ongoing dispute in regard to the living situation between the suspect and the victim."

Camp lived in the apartment with his father and Baquera, according to police.

On Thursday, Camp pleaded not guilty to murder, plus an allegation that he used a knife in the killing. He faces up to 26 years to life in state prison if convicted and remains in custody without bail.

— City News Service