Elderly Man Fatally Stabbed, Woman Hospitalized in Murrieta Break-In
I want to put the facts up front: on Nov. 5 at about 8:18 a.m., a violent break-in on Old Spring Road in Murrieta left a 70-year-old man dead and his wife seriously hurt and hospitalized. The suspect, Manuel Arturo Alvarez, 36, of Modesto, was later found hiding in a ravine and taken into custody; police say he’s a transient with no prior violent record and may have been under the influence.
This was reported as a Murrieta home invasion that—by the department’s account—appears to be random.
I’m writing this because when something like this happens in a quiet neighbourhood it pulls at more than just curiosity — it raises real questions about safety, how the attack occurred (we’re looking at a screwdriver and a knife), and what gaps in community protection it exposes…