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A suspect is in custody after he allegedly stabbed his cheerleader ex-girlfriend to demise at his California dwelling simply days earlier than Christmas.

Angelina Camillia Gonzales, 17, was discovered with a number of stab wounds at a residence in Azusa, California on Friday night time.

Her household stated the teenager’s ex-boyfriend picked her up from a cheerleading banquet on the night time of December 20 and introduced her again to his home.

Officers with the Azusa Police Division responded to the 300 block of North Soldano Avenue round 10 p.m. that night time to search out the bloody crime scene. The teenager was transported to the native hospital the place she was pronounced useless.

Gonzales’ stepfather Robert Caraballo confirmed as much as the grotesque scene a short while later. He informed KABC that their household was apprehensive when she had not returned dwelling and that he was in a position to observe her cellphone location to what they are saying is her ex-boyfriend’s home.

“After I obtained there, there was already crime scene tape up and forensics and all types of stuff,” Caraballo stated. “And I ran as much as the officers like, ‘Hey, my daughter’s in there. You understand, my daughter is in there. I’m looking for her. She’s not dwelling.’ And that’s after they informed me, sit apart for a minute.”

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Caraballo defined that he informed his step-daughter to steer clear of her ex-boyfriend quite a few instances, however that she had a “actually huge coronary heart and all the time noticed the great in him.”

Police haven’t recognized the suspect, however have confirmed that he’s an 18-year-old acquaintance of the sufferer and a resident of Azusa.

The suspect is now in custody and the case is being dealt with by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division Murder Bureau and is being reviewed by the  Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

He’s anticipated to be arraigned on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Workplace informed Fox Information Digital.

In the meantime, the sufferer’s heartbroken household are left to take care of an unimaginable loss simply days earlier than Christmas.

Her household has created a GoFundMe web page to assist elevate cash for her funeral. Based on the web page, the teenager would have turned 18 on January 7.

“She was trying ahead to that,” Caraballo stated. “I’m damaged proper now, I’m not going to mislead you, as a result of the little little bit of time that I had along with her, I can’t even.”

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The teenager had a ardour for cheerleading however had additionally simply joined the wrestling staff and gained her first match.

“She was training at dwelling and needed to be on one other stunt staff. And that was like her coronary heart cheering for a very long time,” Caraballo added.

Her mom Letica Carabello wrote within the GoFundMe, which has raised almost $17,000 as of Tuesday morning, that her daughter had a coronary heart of gold.

“She had such an amazing future forward of her. She had a coronary heart of gold. She was my excellent beautiful Angel child,” her mom wrote. “I don’t even have the phrases to say. I can’t even cope. I would like her. Our household is devastated.”

Her brother Ruben Torres informed KABC that his sister was “bubbly, completely satisfied, humorous, and all the time cracking jokes.”

“It’s unreal, like simply the truth that , anybody may convey themselves to hurt simply such a candy and loving, humorous individual,” he stated. “At all times let your loved ones, anybody , that you simply love them. Allow them to know you’re pleased with them.”