Woman stabbed in alleged road rage incident in Pasadena
PASADENA -- Police jailed a man and woman on suspicion of attempted murder after they allegedly stabbed a La Puente woman during a road rage incident in Old Town Sunday, authorities said.
Elizabeth Cortez, 27, of El Monte, and Erik Mota, 26, of San Dimas, were being held in lieu of $1 million bail each at the Pasadena Police Department Jail, Pasadena police Lt. Keith Jones said.
Cortez is suspected of carrying out the stabbing, while Mota is suspected of driving her away from the scene afterward, police said. They are boyfriend and girlfriend.
The stabbing occurred shortly after 2 a.m. at a parking structure near Green Street and Arroyo Parkway, Jones said.
The alleged victim, a La Puente woman in her early 20s, was hospitalized in serious condition but was expected to survive, he said.
The woman and the two suspects got into an argument following a minor crash inside the parking structure, Jones said.
"(Cortez) got out of the passenger side of her vehicle and reached through the open window and stabbed the victim once in the chest and once in the left thigh," the lieutenant said.
The wounded woman then sped away from the area and made it to Los Robles Avenue and Glenarm Street, Jones said, before she passed out and crashed into a parked car.
Using surveillance footage, detectives were able to track the suspects to a home in San Dimas where they were arrested later Sunday, he said.
Elizabeth Cortez, 27, of El Monte, and Erik Mota, 26, of San Dimas, were being held in lieu of $1 million bail each at the Pasadena Police Department Jail, Pasadena police Lt. Keith Jones said.
Cortez is suspected of carrying out the stabbing, while Mota is suspected of driving her away from the scene afterward, police said. They are boyfriend and girlfriend.
The stabbing occurred shortly after 2 a.m. at a parking structure near Green Street and Arroyo Parkway, Jones said.
The alleged victim, a La Puente woman in her early 20s, was hospitalized in serious condition but was expected to survive, he said.
The woman and the two suspects got into an argument following a minor crash inside the parking structure, Jones said.
"(Cortez) got out of the passenger side of her vehicle and reached through the open window and stabbed the victim once in the chest and once in the left thigh," the lieutenant said.
The wounded woman then sped away from the area and made it to Los Robles Avenue and Glenarm Street, Jones said, before she passed out and crashed into a parked car.
Using surveillance footage, detectives were able to track the suspects to a home in San Dimas where they were arrested later Sunday, he said.
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I've found myself experiencing road rage on more than one occasion. I can certainly see how this type of crime can take place. It only takes a second of wrong judgment and your life is changed forever.
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@ Bryan Buckner...who gives a damn in someone's life is changed forever after they had a second of wrong judgment? I certainly don't. I'm GLAD that her life is ruined forever. She deserves it. There is another life that is changed forever by Elizabeth Cortez's inability to control her emotions, and to lash out like an animal or a child. And that person didn't even have the chance to maintain control or use good judgment. It was Cortez's choice. She chose to be a murderer.
That, in fact, her actions did not end in murder is immaterial to who Cortez chose to be. An inch here, a fraction of an inch there...that's the only difference, not any virtue on the part of Elizabeth Cortez.
Bye bye Lizzie. Enjoy your new life.