Mora House (Photo Courtesy: Michael Armijo)

Walnut – On Mon., May 12, a jury found 46-year old Socorro Mora guilty for the second-degree murder of her husband, animal cruelty, and corporal injury to a spouse.

In October of 2011 (see ANAPR story: Walnut Woman Goes To Trial for Murder), Mora was accused of the stabbing death of her husband, George Mora, 47 at the time, in the home he shared with the couple’s four children on the 21600 block of Brookside Court in Walnut. There was much controversy surrounding the circumstances, as Socorro was found in front of the home with stab injuries, which were subsequently found to be self-inflicted. George was found by authorities inside, dead from multiple stab wounds.

George had obtained a restraining order against his wife just three weeks before he was killed due to the increasing violence – including the killing of the family dog – of his estranged wife. The couple had been married since 1993, but had separated in 2011.

With a Not Guilty plea entered by Socorro in a trial that began January 28 in Pomona Superior Court, she has been jailed in lieu of $5 million bail since the arrest, just five days after the stabbing attack. The jury has disagreed with her plea, and she has been convicted with sentencing set for June 24. Socorro faces 20 years to life.