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Alberto Valle-Carranza is back on the East Coast following his arrest in Indiana one day after the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Reyna Garcia-Lopez in Northwest DC last December.
Shortly after 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 1200 block of 11th Street NW to investigate a reported domestic disturbance.
Upon arrival, they found Garcia Lopez suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The following day, Valle-Carranza was arrested by members of the Great Lake Regional Fugitive Task Force in Michigan City, Indiana.
The department announced on Wednesday, that Valle-Carranza has been extradited back to DC, and the 54-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder while armed for his role in Garcia Lopez's death.
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