LONG BEACH -- A 42-year-old Long Beach man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday in the machete murder of his live-in girlfriend.
Alberto Fonseca was found earlier this year critically injured from what appeared to be self-inflicted slash wounds.
Near him was the bloody corpse of his long-term girlfriend, Mireya Lopez Medina, police said.
A relative of one of the pair came home about 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 18 and found them in the bedroom of their home in the 1900 block of Cedar Avenue and called 911.
The couple were arguing when Fonseca attacked Medina with the machete before turning the weapon on himself, police said.
He was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on all counts in the slaying of Medina and is scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on June 22 for arraignment.
He remains in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Alberto Fonseca was found earlier this year critically injured from what appeared to be self-inflicted slash wounds.
Near him was the bloody corpse of his long-term girlfriend, Mireya Lopez Medina, police said.
A relative of one of the pair came home about 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 18 and found them in the bedroom of their home in the 1900 block of Cedar Avenue and called 911.
The couple were arguing when Fonseca attacked Medina with the machete before turning the weapon on himself, police said.
He was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on all counts in the slaying of Medina and is scheduled to return to the Long Beach Superior Court on June 22 for arraignment.
He remains in the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
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