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Estranged spouse sought in stabbing
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/12/woman-slain-h...
By Kristina Davis & Karen Kucher
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Fresh out of a federal law enforcement academy, pregnant with her third child and in the midst of a divorce, 28-year-old Maribel Arteaga was on the
cusp of a new chapter in her life.
That ended Thursday night when she was fatally stabbed at her Chula Vista apartment in front of her two young sons, police said.
Before she died at a hospital, Arteaga was able to identify her husband as the assailant.
A manhunt continued late last night for Jesus “Alex” Arteaga Garcia, 28, who is considered to be armed and dangerous.
“We don’t know if he’s going to cross the border or not. There is a concern that he is not in the right state of mind,” said Chula Vista police Lt.
Roxana Kennedy.
Witnesses told police that Jesus Arteaga knocked on the door of his wife’s apartment on Santa Alicia Avenue near East Palomar Street just before 8:30
p.m. Thursday. When she opened the door, he stabbed her with a long-blade hunting knife or fishing knife, Kennedy said.
The couple’s two sons, ages 4 and 6, were home at the time of the attack, as was her live-in boyfriend, who works for the federal Department of
Homeland Security.
Arteaga, a rookie U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer hired in May, was two months pregnant, authorities said.
“(The suspect) came to the door and the boyfriend went into another room, thinking it was a normal visitation,” Kennedy said.
While Arteaga spent several months earlier this year attending the federal law enforcement academy in Georgia, her husband took care of their sons,
according to court records.
After she returned in November to begin her job at the Tecate Port of Entry, Arteaga told her husband that she was leaving him and took the children,
court records show.
He filed for divorce Nov. 17 after eight years of marriage, asking for joint custody of their sons.
The couple were scheduled to meet for a custody mediation in court next month.
Jesus Arteaga, who works as a journeyman waterproofer, grew up in Tijuana and most recently lived in National City with his mother. The
vehicle he was last seen driving, a gray Ford Ranger pickup, was found in Tijuana last night.
He also may have access to an older-model blue Chevrolet minivan with Baja California license plate BCW-66-27, as well as a
newer-model white Chevrolet Cobalt LT with California license plate 6HKG044.
Jesus Arteaga has a tattoo of a tiger on his right arm, police said.
Anyone with information can... contact Chula Vista police at (619) 691-5151.
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Homicide suspect Jesus Arteaga Garcia.
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A tragedy.
Bless this young mother's soul and protect her babies.
Maribel was the border crossing officer who was at the kiosk when I crossed into the US a few weeks ago. She was pleasant and respectfully
professional.
A loss to so many.
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Sad story, what caught my eye was that the husband took care of the kids while she was away at the academy. So that means the guy cared and loved
them, wich would in a way explain why he went nuts.
Tragic
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I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results. |
Was her live in boyfriend also a member of the academy with her? If so, this would seem to justify the notion that it might be risky to be quite so
tolerant of spouses' ambitions. A shame really. He had the kids for months while she was gone, and she then took them away? If I was her, I would have
predicted the big emotional/psychological snap.
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Keep your eyes open for this piece of work and send him to jail where he belongs for the rest of his life.........
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results. |
Was her live in boyfriend also a member of the academy with her? If so, this would seem to justify the notion that it might be risky to be quite so
tolerant of spouses' ambitions. A shame really. He had the kids for months while she was gone, and she then took them away? If I was her, I would have
predicted the big emotional/psychological snap. |
The perp was described as being a journeyman waterproofer. may also be a case where there was a substantial difference in education and background.
But, the trigger may really have been, at least according to the story, that the victim's live-in boyfriend was present.
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Yeah, she was fresh out of the academy, wich means i guess that she met her new man at the academy as well. Damn, losing the kids, the wife, and
having the new man living in the house with the kids in such a short time is a good recipe for disaster.
Theres only losers in this story.
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When my son comes of age and if he is not yet educated/certified in a desired field, and if was to come to me and say that he will work to finance his
wife's education/certification, I will support them in any way I can as long as he allows me to first hire a lawyer for him to draw up a binding
agreement that she is to finance his education/certification upon the start of her employment in her new field - even if they get separated or
divorced. I've seen such cases when the wife gets certified (as a nurse in one particular case) and then leave the husband holding the bag. I'd
actually rather that my son and daughter in law both take out student loans for a concurrent pursuit of educational goals so that they can grow
together. You'll probably find that it is more common for husbands to deny such pursuits of growth out of fear and for the overall sake of the family.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results. |
Was her live in boyfriend also a member of the academy with her? If so, this would seem to justify the notion that it might be risky to be quite so
tolerant of spouses' ambitions. A shame really. He had the kids for months while she was gone, and she then took them away? If I was her, I would have
predicted the big emotional/psychological snap. |
Any of you notice that there was one more "big emotional/psychological snap"? The article said she returned home in November, but also said she was 2
months pregnant...do the math....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lizard lips
Keep your eyes open for this piece of work and send him to jail where he belongs for the rest of his life......... |
A sad story and this is the only response that has made much sense to me.
No one knows the circumstances and there seems to be a tendency to want to blame the victim---not so uncommon in similar situations. The
circumstances due not matter.
And the fears, while I believe to be honest, are interesting to say the least. The old stories used to be the woman worked to put the husband through
school, and many men then excused the husband for leaving the little woman as he had outgrown her.
Just my opinion, but I cannot think of ANY reason why it is in ANY way the victims fault she was brutally murdered in front of her children. She is
the victim, not the killer.
It reminds me of the old belief that it was always somehow the woman's fault if she was raped.
Lizard Lips said it all.
[Edited on 12-13-2009 by DianaT]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results. |
Was her live in boyfriend also a member of the academy with her? If so, this would seem to justify the notion that it might be risky to be quite so
tolerant of spouses' ambitions. A shame really. He had the kids for months while she was gone, and she then took them away? If I was her, I would have
predicted the big emotional/psychological snap. |
Any of you notice that there was one more "big emotional/psychological snap"? The article said she returned home in November, but also said she was 2
months pregnant...do the math.... |
You are right, she comes back pregnant, dumps you, takes the kids, starts living with the new man AND your kids under the same roof.
I would go nuts.
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And How!
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
Yeah, she was fresh out of the academy, wich means i guess that she met her new man at the academy as well. Damn, losing the kids, the wife, and
having the new man living in the house with the kids in such a short time is a good recipe for disaster.
Theres only losers in this story. |
The victim met someone at the academy and found there was more to life beyond a journeyman waterproofer. No disrespect to hard working people
everywhere. But it appears that this was a case of the farmer visiting the big city and not wanting to go back to the farm.
So much of it is basic human nature. If we weren't all flawed to some respect, there would be no need for the nightly news.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
| Quote: | Originally posted by elizabeth
| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I agree, Jesse. It kind of reminds me of the types of situations where a spouse works while the other goes to Law School or Med School, and once
graduated, divorces their benefactor. Except in this case, much more tragic results. |
Was her live in boyfriend also a member of the academy with her? If so, this would seem to justify the notion that it might be risky to be quite so
tolerant of spouses' ambitions. A shame really. He had the kids for months while she was gone, and she then took them away? If I was her, I would have
predicted the big emotional/psychological snap. |
Any of you notice that there was one more "big emotional/psychological snap"? The article said she returned home in November, but also said she was 2
months pregnant...do the math.... |
You are right, she comes back pregnant, dumps you, takes the kids, starts living with the new man AND your kids under the same roof.
I would go nuts. |
It still would not be HER fault if you became a killer----you would be totally responsible for your actions
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It was the man's fault for not thinking things through to begin with. He will and should pay. It's just a shame that she had to pay such a high price.
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Of course it would not ever be her fault that she was killed...I think what was being discussed here was not excuse, or blaming her, but explaining
some of the husband's reasons for a crazy, inexcusable, criminal act. It can be all those things and still be understood how he could snap...and
still not ever be her fault.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
| Quote: | Originally posted by lizard lips
Keep your eyes open for this piece of work and send him to jail where he belongs for the rest of his life......... |
A sad story and this is the only response that has made much sense to me.
No one knows the circumstances and there seems to be a tendency to want to blame the victim---not so uncommon in similar situations. The
circumstances due not matter.
And the fears, while I believe to be honest, are interesting to say the least. The old stories used to be the woman worked to put the husband through
school, and many men then excused the husband for leaving the little woman as he had outgrown her.
Just my opinion, but I cannot think of ANY reason why it is in ANY way the victims fault she was brutally murdered in front of her children. She is
the victim, not the killer.
It reminds me of the old belief that it was always somehow the woman's fault if she was raped.
Lizard Lips said it all.
[Edited on 12-13-2009 by DianaT] |
Nobody deserves to be murdered like that, on that we all agree. But as a man, i can tell you it was too much to handle i such a short time for
anybody. I have no pitty for men who do bad things because a woman left them, or because their woman found another guy, or because she took the kids.
Its tough, but you have to move on. But everything at once in such a short time? yikes!
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No argument here, Diane. I cannot excuse nor condone what this guy did. What we are discussing here is more about the "why". I don't get the sense
that anyone posting here was saying that it was her fault for what she did. Merely, that what she did, was catalyst to a man of what appears to be
minimal education, going over the edge. I don't want to appear to be profiling here, but just looking at the photos and seeing where they both were
employment-wise at the time of the crime, this awful tragedy seemed almost destined.
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By the way, i should make it very clear, i am not blaming her for anything. But the guy wasn't just your regular scumbag as far as i am concerned.
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