Woman, Son-In-Law Killed In Suspected Domestic Stabbing, Pursuit Crash

CHULA VISTA, CA — Investigators sought Thursday to determine what led to a stabbing that fatally wounded a 69-year-old woman at a Chula Vista home, after which the suspected killer -- her son-in-law -- led police on a road chase that ended when he was mortally injured in a solo freeway crash in Mission Valley.

The deadly domestic assault was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Yanonali Avenue, just east of the intersection of Heritage Road and Olympic Parkway, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.

Patrol officers arrived to see a man driving away from the home, CVPD Sgt. Anthony Molina said. When they tried to pull him over, he refused to yield and sped off, prompting a pursuit.

Other officers, meanwhile, entered the home and found a woman suffering from severe stab wounds and her 42-year-old daughter with cuts to her arm, Molina said. Paramedics took them to hospitals, where the mother was pronounced dead. The younger woman was admitted in stable condition.

After the suspect fled from officers for about 25 minutes, the vehicle he was driving veered off the roadway on northbound Interstate 805 at I-8 in San Diego and smashed into a freeway divider, according to police.

"Observations by the officers indicate the (crash) appeared to be intentional," Molina said.
The 41-year-old suspect -- the husband of the surviving stab victim -- was subsequently pronounced dead at a hospital.

"What led him to (allegedly) stab his mother-in-law and wife is still being investigated by detectives," Molina said Thursday.

Police did not release the names of the suspect and victims.

— City News Service