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OC Woman Charged In Husband's Stabbing Death

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) -- An Orange County woman is accused of stabbing her husband in what police suspect was an attempted murder-suicide.

32-year-old Michelle Gutierrez was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon.

She was being held on $1 million bail in her husband's death.

Police were called to the 1000 block of West Bishop Street about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday for a domestic disturbance incident, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

Gutierrez was found with serious knife wounds to her upper chest area and was taken to a hospital for her injuries.

Investigators found her husband's body inside the house, suspecting that it was a failed murder-suicide attempt.

The couple's two children, aged 9 and 10, ran to a relative's home during the dispute, Bertagna said.

The man's full name has not yet been released.

(© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. City News Service contributed to this report.)

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