MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Bond has been set at $1 million for a Mesa man accused of fatally stabbing his pregnant wife.
Mesa police say 25-year-old Gustavo Alejandro Ruiz Lamar was arrested Friday on suspicion of two counts of second-degree murder.
He didn’t have an attorney at his initial court appearance Monday.
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Police say the couple’s oldest child called 911 and said her parents were fighting Friday night and help was needed.
Officers arrived at the condo and found 28-year-old Viridiana Gonzalez-Saavedra dead at the scene from multiple stab wounds.
Authorities say it was later learned that the woman was about three months pregnant.
Lamar later turned himself in to police and the couple’s three children - ages 1, 2 and 10 - were turned over to the Arizona Department of Child Safety.
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