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Father of slain pregnant woman says her partner was violent
PHOENIX — The father of a pregnant woman who was killed in Phoenix and whose two young sons are missing said her partner had a history of domestic violence involving her.
Television stations KTVKKPHO reported Sunday night that Joaquin Nunez-Calderon said during a telephone interview from Mexico that 47-year-old Dimas Coronado slapped and hit Oralia Nunez.
U.S. and Mexican authorities are seeking Coronado on a three-count homicide warrant in the shooting deaths Saturday of Nunez, her fetus and a housemate.
An Amber Alert has been issued for the two young sons of Nunez and Coronado.
Police have said Nunez was at least seven months pregnant and the couple had a history of domestic issues. They were married but had been estranged for two months.
“Violent. He’s always been violent. Never did I like him as my daughter’s partner because from the very beginning I knew he treated her bad,” Nunez-Calderon said.
He said he hopes the two boys are returned safely and then he would like justice.
He said his daughter never talked about what sparked the violence.
“There were times he hit her and slapped her,” Nunez-Calderon said.
Maricopa police: Home invasion suspect dies while in custody
MARICOPA — Maricopa police say a home invasion suspect died in custody after police used a stun gun on him while he was fighting with officers.
The Casa Grande Dispatch reports officers confronted the man in the backyard of a home early Saturday morning after an occupant called police to report the man had entered the home.
According to police, the man charged officers when they found him telling in the backyard and that he began to fight before he was shot with a stun gun.
Police said he was then handcuffed and put in leg restraints and that he stopped breathing as Maricopa Fire Department personnel tended to him.
The man’s identity wasn’t released.
Malik to face Schweikert in Arizona congressional race
PHOENIX — Democrat Anita Malik will face Republican incumbent Rep. David Schweikert in November in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District in metro Phoenix.
Malik defeated Heather Ross by 2,200 votes in the Aug. 28 primary election according to unofficial results awaiting canvasses by Maricopa County and state officials, while Garrick McFadden trailed in the three-way race.
Schweikert was unopposed in the Republican primary. He’s now serving his fourth term.
Malik has worked in the technology and journalism industries. She advocates for creating wellpaying jobs, ensuring low-cost health care coverage and reforms to immigration policies.
Arizona’s 6th Congressional District is a predominantly Republican district. It covers northern Phoenix suburbs including Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek and Fountain Hills.