Man suspected of fatally stabbing pregnant woman in Tempe arrested
Jan 27, 2019, 12:47 PM | Updated: 2:01 pm
PHOENIX — A man suspected of fatally stabbing a pregnant woman and her unborn child was arrested Sunday morning, according to Tempe Police.
Police said they arrested the unidentified man after stopping his vehicle around 11:45 a.m. on westbound Interstate 10 near Quartzsite, Arizona.
Around 1 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to an apartment complex near University and McClintock drives after they received a report of a woman screaming in the parking lot.
Police said they found the 39-year-old woman in her third trimester of pregnancy with stab wounds and transported her to a nearby hospital.
Both she and the baby died from injuries at the hospital.
Police said the woman was not a Tempe resident, and detectives were continuing to investigate the incident.
