Woman in her 70s found stabbed to death in Lake Forest home

Salvador Hernandez
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INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 3/1/23 9:30 am LOCATION: 22052 Bellcroft Dr CITY: Lake Forest DETAILS: This morning at 1:50 am Orange County Sheriff deputies responded to the 22000 block of Bellcroft Dr in Lake Forest reference an unknown trouble call. Upon arrival, deputies discovered a woman in her 70's inside the home with multiple stab wounds. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene, a woman in her 30's who is also a resident at the home was detained at the scene. Orange County Sheriff's Homicide is on scene and conducting an investigation. No further details were available. Woman in 70's stabbed to death Orange County Sheriffs find woman with stab wounds and detain a woman in her 30's, a resident of the home OCSD Homicide investigators on scene HANDLING AGENCIES: OCSD, OCFA, Coroner
A woman in her 70s was found stabbed to death early Wednesday in a home on Bellcroft Drive, Lake Forest. (OnScene.TV)

A woman in her 70s was found stabbed to death in her Lake Forest home early Wednesday, officials said.

A woman in her 30s, who also lives at the home, has been detained and was being interviewed by homicide investigators, said Carrie Braun, spokesperson for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Few details were released but Braun said someone in the home, a third resident, called authorities at 1:50 a.m. with a report of unknown trouble.

When deputies arrived, they found the victim with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one else was reported injured in the home.

Investigators have obtained a search warrant to search the home, Braun said. She declined to state the relationship between the victim and the woman who was detained.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.