ALLEGED WIFE STABBER CHARGED

THE ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES. FORTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD JERRY CHAVEZ … WHOSE NEIGHBORS DESCRIBED HIM AS A "GOOD CHRISTIAN MAN" … IS FACING MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT STABBING DEATH OF SANDRA FERRALES.

 

BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FOUND HER BODY IN THE SHOWER OF THE FAMILY'S NORTH VALLEY HOME AFTER THE COUPLE'S 12 YEAR OLD SON CALLED 911. THE BOY AND HIS SIX YEAR OLD BROTHER WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME. DEPUTIES SAY FERRALES WAS COVERED IN BLOOD AND HAD 40 TO 50 STAB WOUNDS.

CHAVEZ WAS ARRESTED ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE HOUSE.