A convicted felon accused of fatally stabbing a 40-year-old Jurupa Valley man during a confrontation on the north end of the city was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and other offenses.
Javier Ledezma Corrales, 39, of Jurupa Valley was arrested Thursday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of Juan Antonio Navarro.
Along with murder, Corrales is charged with sentence-enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony and being a prior-strike felon.
The defendant, who is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Jail, was slated to make his initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.
According to sheriff’s Sgt. Carlos Mendoza, shortly after midnight Thursday, Corrales attacked Navarro in the 10000 block of Mission Boulevard, near San Sevaine Way, less than two blocks south of the Pomona (60) Freeway.
Mendoza said the defendant and victim were involved in an unspecified dispute, and during the altercation, Corrales pulled a knife and inflicted “multiple stab wounds,” mortally wounding Navarro.
Navarro immediately fled the location, according to the sergeant. He said witnesses spotted Navarro down on the street and called 911. Paramedics and deputies reached the location a short time later, at which point the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Central Homicide Unit detectives identified Corrales as the alleged assailant that day, and he was tracked to the area of Vernon Avenue and 40th Street, where he was taken into custody without incident Thursday evening.
No further details about the attack, including a possible motive, were disclosed.
Court records showed Corrales has a prior conviction for assault resulting in great bodily injury.