XIOMARA FERNANDEZ - 9 yo/ Accused: Stepfather-Jacinto Trujillo - Long Beach CA

A nine-year-old girl who was found stabbed to death in a California
church parking was murdered by her own stepfather, who attempted to kill
himself too, cops said.


The body of Xiomara Jonsales Fernandez was discovered Saturday
morning on the ground beside her stepfather, Jacinto Trujillo, in a pool
of blood outside the Los Altos United Methodist Church in Long Beach,
KTLA reported.


Trujillo, 31, had self-inflicted wounds but was conscious and was taken to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover.


Nancy Eormurian, who discovered the bodies, told KTTV that she asked
Trujillo who the girl was and he replied that she was his "other
daughter."


Paramedics who attended the scene said Trujillo was babbling about
life becoming too overwhelming. A container next to where the bodies
were found was covered in graffiti, which investigators think was
written in the girl's blood, KTTV reported.


Trujillo was placed under arrest on suspicion of murder, police said.


The slain girl's mother, Graciela Fernandez, told KCAL that her
husband was never violent to her or her six children but added, "I don't
want to see him. I never want to speak to him again."


Other family members told the TV station that Trujillo recently began acting strangely and using drugs.


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Prosecutors say they’ve filed capital murder charges against a man
accused of fatally stabbing his 9-year-old stepdaughter because he was
afraid she’d report ongoing sexual abuse.
District attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said 31-year-old Jacinto
Zuniga Trujillo is also accused of five counts of sexual assault against
the child, according to charges filed Tuesday.

Zuniga allegedly sexually assaulted the child from November until Saturday,
the day of the stabbing.

Zuniga was found by a passer-by in the parking lot of Los Altos
Methodist Church, suffering from what appeared to be self-inflicted stab
wounds. Authorities believe he was trying to commit suicide after murdering the girl.

He was being held without bail.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/capital-murder-charges-filed-against-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-stabbing-stepdaughter/

Man 'stabs stepdaughter, nine, to death in church parking lot to cover up sexual abuse'

• Body of Xiomara Fernandez found by passerby in church parking lot
  
• Stepfather Jacinto Trujillo found nearby with self-inflicted stab wounds
  
• Trujillo 'feared Xiomara would reveal six months of sexual abuse'
  
• He 'scrawled words in blood on a container next to her body'
  

By Rachel Quigley

PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 4 May 2012

UPDATED: 20:37 EST, 4 May 2012

A 31-year-old man faces capital murder and molestation charges after he
allegedly stabbed his nine-year-old stepdaughter to death to cover up
months of sexual abuse.

Prosecutors claim Jacinto Zuniga
Trujillo, from Long Beach, Los Angeles, stabbed the girl as he feared
she would reveal he had been sexually abusing her since November.

The body of the girl - identified in court papers as Xiomara Fernandez -
was found in the parking lot of Los Altos United Methodist Church on
Saturday at about 11 a.m., according to the LA Times.


Victim: Prosecutors said nine-year-old Xiomara Fernandez, pictured, was
murdered and dumped in a parking lot by her stepfather to cover up years
of alleged abuse



'Killer': The child's stepfather Jacinto Zuniga Trujillo allegedly stabbed her before stabbing himself

She was in a pool of blood and had been stabbed several times on her upper
body. Trujillo's body was found close by with a number of self-inflicted
stab wounds.

It is believed he tried to commit suicide. He was
taken to hospital for treatment but survived and was immediately taken
into custody on suspicion of murder.

Words and letters written in blood on the side of a grey container near to where the girl's body was
found. Investigators are considering the scrawls as evidence in the
case.

While authorities have not revealed what the words say, the
large letters are clearly visible in footage from the scene and may
contain expletives.


Scene: Trujillo was found nearby with self-inflicted stab wounds, but had survived


Sick: Letters and words were written in blood on the side of a container where the girl's body was found


The girl's body was found by passerby Nancy Eomurian, who toldNBC she then saw the man get up off the pavement and start to walk away.



Killed: Although Trujillo was not Xiomara's biological father, he had raised her since she was a baby

'He had actually gotten up and started to leave, but he had blood on him,' Mrs Eomurian said.

Though he was not Xiomara's biological father, Trujillo had raised her since
she was a few months old and was the only father she ever knew, her
family told the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

Her mother, Graciela Fernandez, said she never saw any signs of physical or psychological abuse in her daughter.

She described Xiomara as happy and talkative - and a daddy's girl.

Fernandez has five other children, aged eighteen months to 21. Trujillo, who is
unemployed, is the biological father of the two youngest children.

One of Fernandez's daughters said Xiomara was devoted to her father.

'All he had to do was get mad at her, and she would cry,' Alma said.

'My mother would get mad and nothing. But if he got a little upset, she would be in tears.'

She added of the alleged abuse carried out against her little sister: 'Maybe she was too young, she didn't know how to tell us.'

Trujillo has been charged with five counts of oral copulation and sexual
penetration with a child under the age of ten involving the victim.


Mourning: Xiomara's mother Graciela Fernandez said she never saw any signs of abuse in her daughter



Witness: Nancy Eomurian found the girl's body and saw the stabbed man get up and walk away

The District Attorney's Office filed a special circumstances murder charge -
as the girl was killed because she was a witness to a crime - which
would allow it to seek the death penalty in the case.

The criminal complaint claims the sexual assaults occurred between November
1, 2011 and April 28 - the day the girl's lifeless body was found.

Trujillo has yet to enter a plea in the case but made a brief appearance in Long Beach Superior Court earlier this week.

Trujillo is being held without bail at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

He will appear at Los Angeles County Superior Court on May 22.

Graciela Fernandez and her family are struggling to raise $15,000 for the
funeral arrangements and are holding fundraisers to cover the costs.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139760/Man-stabs-stepdaugh - -

This mother can claim what she wants but she needs to be arrested. Her turning a blind eye to her husband abusing her little girl led to this girl's death. And the abuse she endured long before her murder.