Alberto Fonseca was found in his Long Beach apartment on Feb. 18 critically injured from what appeared to be self-inflected slash wounds, police said.
In the bedroom with him was the bloody corpse of his long-term girlfriend, Mireya Lopez Medina, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Though police did not initially name Fonseca a suspect authorities did say they were looking into domestic violence as a possible motive.
A relative of the one of the two came home around 8:15 a.m. the morning of the 18th, found the pair in the bedroom of their home in the 1900 block of Cedar Avenue and called 911, police said.
The investigation revealed the couple were arguing when Fonseca attacked Medina with the machete before turning the weapon on himself, police said.
Fonseca was initially listed in critical condition. Once it became clear his condition was improving and he would survive the incident he was charged with Medina's murder.
The accused was scheduled to have a preliminary hearing, which is used to determine if there is enough evidence to hold a trial, Monday morning. The matter was postponed until May 26 in Dept. 3 of the Long Beach Superior Court, court staff said.
Meanwhile, Fonseca is being held at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles in lieu of $1 million bail.
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