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Man charged with killing his girlfriend in front of her kids in Simi Valley

David von Diemar
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Unsplash

Victim was fatally stabbed.

A Ventura County man is accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in front of her children.

Ventura County prosecutors say Ramon Rivas attacked Jessica Tinoco September 27th at her Simi Valley home.

They say some of her kids were at home at the time of the attack, but were able to escape to safety. Tinoco later died at a hospital from her stab wounds.

Simi Valley Police arrested the 34-year-old man at the scene. He’s been charged with murder, and child endangerment.

Rivas hasn't entered pleas yet to the charges.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.