Southern California man, 38, fatally stabbed by wife on his birthday, prosecutors say

Prosecutors in a Santa Ana courtroom told jurors on Tuesday that Michelle Gutierrez stabbed her husband to death on his birthday while he slept in bed and that his screams were heard by their two children.

The gruesome scene reportedly played out in January 2021 at the couple’s Santa Ana home in the 1000 block of West Bishop Street at around 9:30 a.m., The Orange County Register reported at the time.

Police arrived to find the then 32-year-old woman outside the home with serious knife wounds to the chest and she was rushed to the hospital…

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