HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Hollywood police have arrested a man they say is responsible for stabbing his live-in girlfriend to death.
Police were called to a home in the 600 block of North 64 Avenue the morning of May 3. Once inside, officers found an injured man lying on a bed and a deceased woman lying face-down in the hallway.
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The man, identified as Ariel Gonzalez, 49, was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital with a stabbing wound to the neck and chest, which police believe he inflicted upon himself.
After further investigation, detectives say they were able to establish that Gonzalez was responsible for stabbing Violeta Montalvo, 55, to death.
Montalvo's two daughters told police she and Gonzalez had a volatile relationship, and say Gonzalez was very possessive and jealous over their mother.