3 Teen-Age Sisters, Brother Stabbed to Death; Suspect Held
Police alerted by a call from a screaming victim found a boy and his three teen-age sisters stabbed to death in their mobile home Friday.
Leo Narvaiz, 20, was taken into custody later after being treated at a hospital for stab wounds, police spokeswoman Sandy Perez said. Narvaiz was charged with four counts of capital murder and held on $4-million bail. He was a former boyfriend of one of the victims, police said.
Lt. Albert Ortiz said a girl called the 911 emergency number at about 3:27 a.m. and said “one of my sisters’ boyfriends is beating us up and has killed my sister.” Police traced the call and found the bodies at 3:55 a.m.
Police said at least five steak knives were used in the slayings and that more could have been carried off from the mobile home.
Ortiz identified the victims as Jennifer Mann, 19; Shannon Mann, 17; Martha Mann, 14, and Ernest Mann, 13.
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