Prosecutors file murder charges in Chino Hills killing

CHINO -- Prosecutors filed murder charges Wednesday against the man accused of stabbing his wife to death Tuesday in Chino Hills, court records show.

Samir Mustapha Wahid, 39, is expected to be arraigned today in Chino Superior Court, according to online records from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Here's today's story on the case from reporter Lori Consalvo:

Investigators probe fatal Chino Hills stabbing

Lori Consalvo, Staff Writer

Created: 05/26/2010 04:51:20 PM PDT

CHINO HILLS - Sheriff's investigators worked through the night and into early Wednesday, trying to piece together a stabbing that left a mother of three children dead.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies were looking for information in a house in the 15700 block of Sedona Drive where Iman Wahid, 33, lived with her three children.

Her husband, Samir Wahid, 39, had moved out of the house in the Higgins Ranch neighborhood and was living in Upland, sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said.

About 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said, Samir Wahid came over and attacked his wife with a knife.

Iman Wahid got out of the house and ran down the street, but authorities said her husband got into his vehicle and chased after her.

After about 100 yards, Samir Wahid got out and started stabbing Iman Wahid again, Beavers said.

Neighbors watched in horror as Iman Wahid was killed.

"I think they were in absolute shock, seeing what occurred," Beavers said. "(Some were) able to call the police and give some very detailed information on what was taking place in the street."

Iman Wahid finally collapsed in the driveway of a nearby vacant home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

When sheriff's deputies arrived, Samir Wahid was sitting on the curb, Beavers said.

"It is very unusual behavior," she said.

Officials are speculating that Samir Wahid did not leave the scene because there were so many witnesses.

Samir Wahid, who cooperated with sheriff's deputies during the arrest, was booked on suspicion of murder at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. He is ineligible for bail, according to sheriff's booking records. He is scheduled to appear in court today.

The Wahids' three children on Tuesday were released to county Child Protective Services. Officials have notified extended family members about the stabbing, Beavers said.