Updated at 9:37 p.m., Friday, November 9, 2007
Kalihi man charged in wife's stabbing death
Advertiser Staff
A Kalihi man was charged today with second-degree murder in the Oct. 28 stabbing death of his wife.Melchor Balolong Adviento, 50, was being held on $1 million bail, police said.
Adviento was arrested Oct. 28 at his Kalihi home at 2110 Kahaha St., where the body of his wife, Erlinda Adviento, 43, was found in a bedroom. An autopsy determined she died of stab wounds to her heart and lung.
Adviento was taken to the The Queen's Medical Center for treatment of stab and slash wounds to his chest, arms and stomach. He was charged with murder following his discharge from the hospital.
