Jul 12, 2008 8:25 am US/Pacific
Cops Hunt Lancaster Man In Stabbing Death Of Wife
LANCASTER
Police are on the hunt Saturday for a man they say stabbed his wife to death during a domestic altercation at their home in Lancaster.
Police say the unidentified man stabbed his wife just after 2 a.m.
Diane Hecht, a sergeant with the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau, said the murder occured in the 4100 block of West Avenue L near 40th Street West.
Paramedics declared the woman dead at the scene, Hecht said.
The deceased's husband was last seen driving away in a dark-colored vehicle, she said.
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