June 23, 2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Woman charged in
stabbing death
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. has charged a woman in connection with
the fatal stabbing of her common-law husband that occurred this
past weekend. 36-year-old Roberto Orenday (02-08-72) was taken
to Denver Health Medical Center where he later died.
Linda
Maestas (01-01-61) has been charged
with Second-Degree Murder (F2).
On June 18, 2004,
police were called to a home on the 3400 block of Marion Street
in Denver where they found a man lying on the ground suffering
from a stab wound. The charges allege that Maestas and Orenday
were involved in an altercation shortly before Orenday was
fatally stabbed.
Maestas
remains in Denver County Jail. She will be formally advised of
the charges against her on June 25, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. in
courtroom 12T.
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