Lake Forest Stabbing Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder

LAKE FOREST, CA — Jose Daniel Zuniga Castro, 25, was charged in the stabbing of his friend and his friend's mother in their Foothill Ranch townhome, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

On Tuesday, officers responded to a townhome on Rue Fontaine in Foothill Ranch. Inside they found a woman, 69, and her son, 31, both stabbed.

Zuniga Castro allegedly "got into an argument with his mother, slapped her, then left home and went to his friend's house on Rue Fontaine," Sgt. Dennis Breckner said. "He explained to his friend that he was kicked out of his house."

At some point during their conversation, a fight ensued, according to Breckner. Zuniga Castro retrieved a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his friend and his friend's mother, authorities allege.

Both victims were rushed to a nearby hospital with "non-life-threatening injuries," Breckner said on Tuesday.

Zuniga Castro was located by a motorcycle deputy in Rancho Santa Margarita and arrested. He is being held on $500,000 bail and was expected in court Thursday.

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