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.

STAFF REPORTS

Walnut – A woman accused of fatally stabbing her estranged husband is scheduled for trial in Pomona Superior Court, beginning January 28, 2014.

Socorro Mora, 45, of Walnut, has been charged with murdering George Mora, 47, in his home back in October of 2011. Deputies responding at that time to a domestic violence call on the 21600 block of Brookside Court in Walnut, found George inside the home, dead from multiple stabbings.

Socorro was found in front of the home, where George lived with the couple’s four children (who were not home at the time). She was apparently injured from stab wounds. It was not clear how she received the injuries, but she was treated at a local hospital before being charged and booked into the regional detention center in Lynwood. She has remained there on $5 million bail.

Socorro and George Mora had been married since 1993, but had separated in September 2011. Ironically, George reportedly obtained a restraining order against his estranged wife, just three weeks before he was killed.

There have been multiple postponements leading up to the scheduling of a trial date. Socorro is charged not only with murder, but felony complaints of increasing violence, animal cruelty (from stabbing and killing the family dog in a previous incident), and domestic violence. She has pleaded not guilty.