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Man Held in Stabbing Death: Police have arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of stabbing to death his roommate, a police spokesman said. Francisco Carmona was arrested at a home in Lakewood and booked into the Orange County Jail Saturday on suspicion of killing Juan Martinez, 50, on Thursday night. The two men shared a home at 200 Santa Fe Ave., where Martinez was stabbed several times in the chest, the spokesman said. Neighbors told police investigators the two men had argued Thursday night, police said.
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