Santa Ana Man Held on Suspicion of Fatally Stabbing Roommate

Published on April 23, 2024

A 25-year-old man was arrested April 21 on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 26-year-old roommate during a fight at their Santa Ana home, police said. Santa Ana Police Department officers responded to a report of unknown trouble at a house on the 1500 block of South Lowell Street, between Flower and Baker streets, around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. Officers discovered William Stephen Nared of Santa Ana with a stab wound to his upper body. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics pronounced Nared dead at the scene. David James Espinosa of Santa Ana had fled the residence on a bicycle but was located and detained a few blocks away....