'Seems to be fixated': Man paranoid about being cheated on 'stuck' his girlfriend multiple times in the chest with paring knife, police say

A Texas antheral was precocious arrested aft stabbing his live-in woman successful the thorax aggregate times, constabulary successful the Lone Star State say.

Joe Herrera, 39, stands accused of aggravated assault relating to household violence, according to the Waco Police Department.

The underlying incidental occurred connected March 3, astatine a residence connected Colcord Avenue successful Waco – a medium-sized metropolis located astir 100 miles northwest of Austin.

Police were dispatched to woody with an progressive disturbance successful effect to a 911 telephone astir idiosyncratic being stabbed with a knife, according to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Waco-based CBS and Telemundo affiliate KWTX.

At the scene, responding officers recovered a ample model breached retired of the beforehand of the location and the suspect lasting successful the beforehand gait with humor connected his shirt, according to the charging document. Police ascertained Herrera was the idiosyncratic accused of wielding the knife.

The unfortunate past told constabulary Herrera stabbed oregon "stuck" her successful the thorax aggregate times with the extremity of a paring weapon earlier she was yet capable to fastener him extracurricular of the residence, according to the affidavit.

Officers noted carnal injuries connected the pistillate said to beryllium accordant with her relationship and photographed those injuries, constabulary said.

The suspect allegedly told constabulary helium was trying to unit his mode backmost into the location due to the fact that helium saw his woman bare wrong with a antheral helium did not recognize. Herrera besides admitted to breaking the model and said that erstwhile helium did so, helium saw an chartless Black antheral tally distant from the location connected foot, according to the affidavit.

Investigators, however, said determination was nary grounds different antheral was wrong the residence. Rather, Herrera's communicative of the events apt stemmed from paranoia aft seemingly seeing his woman without pants done the model and him past jumping to the decision she had different antheral with her, constabulary said.

The unit is believed to person occurred astir 2 to 5 minutes earlier Herrera was locked out, according to the affidavit.

The incidental is said to beryllium grounds of a trend.

Herrera "seems to beryllium fixated" connected the thought his woman is cheating connected him, according to the affidavit. Law enforcement learned that galore of the arguments betwixt the mates person progressive the antheral wanting to spell done the woman's cellphone and objecting to her going places without his knowledge, constabulary said.

In the affidavit, a detective besides wrote that the suspect has a past of being convicted for domestic violence offenses.

Herrera was arrested earlier this week and booked successful the McLennan County Jail connected $20,000 bond. He is nary longer connected the jail's inmate roster arsenic of this writing, and the McLennan County tribunal strategy has yet to docket his case.