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Man arrested in wife's death

The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 01/10/2010 10:57:14 PM MST

Police have arrested an Orem man suspected of stabbing his wife to death.

Roberto Aguirre Ramirez, 27, was jailed Sunday on suspicion of killing Norma Villalobos-Guzman on Jan. 5.

Villalobos-Guzman, 36, died after being stabbed once in the chest, police have said. Ramirez also suffered serious stab wounds.

A roommate heard the couple arguing and called his wife, who called police to report the Monday fight at their home, near 500 East and 100 South, Orem police have said.

Villalobos-Guzman and Ramirez were taken to the hospital, where Villalobos-Guzman later died during surgery.

Villalobos-Guzman lived in the country illegally, police have said. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents also are investigating Ramirez.

Villalobos-Guzman went by more than a dozen aliases and initially was identified as 26-year-old Leticia Aguirre, another Orem resident. After Aguirre's family rushed to the police station, police determined Aguirre was alive and learned Villalobos-Guzman's true name.

Erin Alberty

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Bloody scene described in Orem slaying

By Paul Koepp

Deseret News
Published: Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 10:30 p.m. MST
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OREM — A housemate of a man accused of stabbing his wife to death in the couple's Orem home witnessed parts of the bloody incident, court documents say.

On the morning of Jan. 4, Roberto Aguirre Ramirez, 27, and his wife, Norma Leticia Villalobos-Guzman, 36, both covered in blood, walked out of their bedroom and past the housemate, who was preparing a bottle for his infant, according to an affidavit filed in 4th District Court.

Ramirez stood next to his wife, who was seated on the ground, and said, "You and I are going to die today," the affidavit says.

There is no indication of what led to the domestic dispute that ended in Villalobos-Guzman's death later that day.

Ramirez was released from a hospital and jailed Sunday for investigation of murder, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, aggravated assault in the presence of a child and obstruction of justice.

His bail is set at $500,000 cash.

The police affidavit describes the scene officers found after the housemate's wife called police. There were "multiple pools of blood and smears of blood" on the floor leading to two closed doors.

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