A homicide suspect was arrested for a stabbing attack that left an elderly man dead and a woman hospitalized in Murrieta.

The suspect was identified as Manual Arturo Alvarez, 36, of Modesto, according to the Murrieta Police Department.

On Nov. 5, around 8:18 a.m., the victim called police, saying a man had broken into her home. He allegedly stabbed her in the head with a screwdriver and stabbed her husband with a knife.

After the violent attack, the suspect fled through the home’s back door before officers arrived. The husband was pronounced dead at the scene. He was only identified as a 70-year-old man. The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment and remains in stable condition.

Shortly before 9 a.m., police located Alvarez hiding in a ravine behind a home on Wild Flower Drive.

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