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One Dead, One Injured Following Apparent Attack In Ventura County

Detective are trying to unravel exactly what led to the apparent murder of a woman in Ventura County. Simi Valley Police were called to the 5400 block of Los Angeles Avenue just after 9 Thursday morning. An injured woman was stopping people, and telling them her daughter was dead in an apartment.

Officers arriving at the scene found a woman who appeared to have been fatally stabbed. The victim’s mother was taken to a hospital for treatment of a number of lacerations.

A man was later arrested in connection with the death. Detectives haven’t released his name, or what connection he might have to the victims.

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.