Mother of 5 stabbed to death by boyfriend in Goshen, deputies say

GOSHEN, Calif. (KFSN) -- The tragic decease of 43-year-old Maria Guadalupe Cardenas Meza successful Goshen has near her loved ones successful shock.

"She was beautiful, she was a young , vivacious, beauteous lady, friendly," said Irma Gonzalez, a person and neighbour of Guadalupe.

She recalls watching Guadalupe going connected household walks successful the vicinity often, with her sons,

"Lovely kids, blessed spell fortunate children," Gonzalez said.

The victim, known by galore arsenic Lupe, was stabbed to decease connected Friday nighttime wrong the laundry country astatine her location connected Juniper Road.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Office says the fishy is her agelong clip boyfriend, 33-year-old Alfonso Fuentes Montes.

"When detectives arrived they determined that the fishy had stabbed the unfortunate implicit an statement and arsenic a effect (cut retired the stutter of him saying 'killed') the unfortunate died," said Tulare County Sheriff's Lt. Brian Clower.

Lupe and the fishy shared 1 young lad together.

A GoFundMe leafage acceptable up by Lupe's eldest lad states she would bash thing for her 5 boys.

They were ages 19, 17, 15, 13, and 5.

The 4 youngest were successful the location astatine the clip of the crime.

"This is simply a unspeakable concern erstwhile you person that galore children whose lives person been wholly uprooted and turned upside down. It decidedly pulls the heartstrings of the investigators," expressed Lt. Clower.

Detectives accidental Child Protective Services has been progressive successful the placement of the minors and household members person besides offered to attraction for them.

Mental wellness professionals accidental the children of home unit victims often header with situations similar this for a lifetime.

"There is an impact, arsenic greatly, and sometimes adjacent much truthful than the big that's straight progressive due to the fact that of their susceptible property and their deficiency of resources astatine that age. They make PTSD, anxiety, slump owed to being exposed to those incidents successful their homes."

The fishy is successful custody and the territory lawyer volition beryllium capable to record charges aft they person and reappraisal the apprehension report.

That should beryllium completed by time astatine the latest.

TC says this continues to beryllium an ongoing probe and anyone with accusation is urged to interaction them.

If you are the unfortunate of home abuse, oregon you cognize idiosyncratic who is, determination is assistance disposable 24/7. In Fresno County, telephone the Marjaree Mason Center astatine (559) 233-4357. In each different locations, telephone the National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine (800) 799-7233.

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