Mireya Lopez-Medina, 48

Mireya Lopez-Medina, a 48-year-old Latina, was stabbed to death on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the 1900 block of Cedar Avenue in Long Beach, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

A relative found her with slash wounds to her upper body in the bedroom of the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Alberto Fonseca Hernandez. Hernandez, 40, also was found in the bedroom with self-inflicted slash wounds to his upper body, said Long Beach Police Sgt. Dina Zapalski.

Hernandez was taken to a hospital in critical condition and transferred to jail Feb. 22, where he was being held on $1-million bail after the L.A. County district attorney's office charged him with murder.

Hernandez was arraigned on Wednesday, Feb. 24 on charges of killing his girlfriend with a machete before using the weapon on himself.

Police believe the killing and attempted suicide occurred after a domestic dispute.

-- Tony Barboza