Children in schoolyard watched father get slaughtered by stranger after dropping his son off for class in 'random, unprovoked' stabbing attack: Police

A California begetter dropped his lad disconnected for people and past got stabbed to death successful wide daylight by a alien arsenic students watched successful fearfulness from the schoolyard, according to constabulary and prosecutors.

Jose Jimenez, 32, was arrested and charged connected April 2 with execution for the 2014 slaying, which unfolded successful beforehand of "grade-school" children astatine Sierra Linda Elementary School successful adjacent Sierra Linda Park and near 55-year-old Labh Nigah dormant successful beforehand of his son's classmates, according to section officials.

The lawsuit went unsolved for much than 11 years earlier Jimenez's apprehension was announced this week by the Ventura County District Attorney's Office and Oxnard Police.

"This was an ambush and a brutal transgression committed successful wide daylight against a wholly unsuspecting victim," said Ventura County DA Erik Nasarenko successful a press release.

"While thing tin undo the harm caused to Mr. Nigah's family, the apprehension and filing of charges represents an important measurement toward accountability," Nasarenko said. "This lawsuit is simply a testament to the unwavering committedness of our instrumentality enforcement partners and the powerfulness of advancing forensic exertion to present justice, nary substance however overmuch clip has passed."

Nigah was doing laps connected a walking way successful Sierra Linda Park crossed the thoroughfare from his son's school, which helium reportedly did each weekday, erstwhile Jimenez attacked him with a weapon and stabbed him aggregate times astir 8:40 a.m., according to officials.

"This was a genuinely heinous crime," said Oxnard Police Chief Jason Benites astatine a Monday press conference. "This occurred successful wide daylight, successful a nationalist park, adjacent to an simple schoolhouse that was successful session," Benites recounted. "Witnesses to Labh's execution included radical successful the park, teachers, and schoolhouse staff. Worst yet, grade-school students who were successful the schoolyard besides witnessed this."

Nigah had conscionable walked his lad to the adjacent simple schoolhouse earlier being "attacked successful wide daylight," the DA's bureau said successful its release. "Authorities judge the onslaught was random," according to the release.

Family members accidental Nigah was a hubby and begetter of 3 who worked arsenic a clerk astatine a section convenience store. He is described by the DA's bureau and loved ones arsenic a "hardworking and dedicated supplier who prioritized his children's acquisition and future" aft immigrating to the U.S. from India.

"There is nary grounds that the unfortunate knew the suspect oregon the suspect knew the victim," Nasarenko told reporters astatine Monday's property conference. "By each accounts, they were full and implicit strangers to 1 different and this was a random, unprovoked and brutal murder."

Nigah's household told reporters that "not having a sanction for who had done this was opening to go its ain signifier of closure" aft much than a decennary of having nary idea, according to his girl Harleen Kaur. "So for it to travel backmost aft 11 years that we person a sanction connected 1 manus is genuinely amazing," Kaur said.

Jimenez is charged successful Ventura County Superior Court with 1 number of execution and 3 peculiar allegations of personally utilizing a weapon successful the committee of the offense, participating successful a sidesplitting that progressive large violence, and harming a unfortunate who was "particularly vulnerable," according to the DA's office.

Jimenez remained successful custody connected Tuesday arsenic prosecutors successfully argued that bail should beryllium accrued to $1 million, per the DA's office. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for April 28.