Stockton family still searching for answers after deadly stabbing
More than one week after the stabbing death of 23-year-old Lexus Tafoya in Stockton, her family is still searching for answers about what happened.Stockton police said a woman with multiple stab wounds was found in the backseat of a vehicle on the morning of Nov. 10, near Sikh Temple and Fourth streets. The San Joaquin County medical examiner confirmed with KCRA 3 that the identity of that woman was Tafoya. It has been nine days since the murder, but Stockton police have not made any arrests or released any information about a suspect or motive. A spokesperson for the department said Saturday that there are no new updates to the case.With no answers yet, Tafoya’s family decided to take matters into their own hands. Loved ones gathered Saturday afternoon to hold posters with Tafoya’s picture and post flyers on trees pleading with the public to come forward with information.”I want justice for her. I’m not going to stop, and our family is not going to stop, until we get justice,” Tafoya’s aunt Tina Cordova said. “We’re going to get out here and we’re going to do what we can, because no one is doing nothing.”Cordova said she was the one who found Tafoya’s body on Nov. 10. It is a sight she wishes she could forget.”When I opened that door, she was laying here. She was naked with stab wounds all over her, and it looked like they threw her inside the back of the car. They tossed her there like she was nobody,” Cordova said. “I’m broken because she didn’t deserve that.”Video below: Family of Stockton woman stabbed asks for answersBut Tafoya’s family wants to make it clear: she wasn’t a nobody. They described her as a kind and loving soul, someone who would give someone in need the shirt off her back. They said they do not want her to become just another homicide statistic in Stockton.”She was always next to me, and I don’t want to feel like I failed her, so I want to be able to give her justice. At least we could do that,” Tafoya’s aunt Valentine McKay said.The family was also asking for donations to help cover the cost of Lexus’ funeral.On the flyers loved one handed out Saturday, numbers for both Stockton police and Stockton Crime Stoppers were listed. Loved ones said they want anyone who may know what happened to Tafoya to come forward.”We’re just trying to reach out to everybody, you know, try and find out if somebody knows something, seen something,” Tafoya’s great uncle Carlos Medina said.Stockton Police are encouraging anyone with information to call the non-emergency number at 209-937-8377 or the Investigations Division at 209-937-8323.You can submit anonymous tips to Stockton Crime Stoppers by submitting a tip online or calling 209 -946-0600 or downloading its P3 Tips mobile e app. Stockton Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
STOCKTON, Calif. —
More than a week after the stabbing death of 23-year-old Lexus Tafoya in Stockton, her family is still searching for answers about what happened.
Stockton police said a woman with multiple stab wounds was found in the backseat of a vehicle on the morning of Nov. 10, near Sikh Temple and Fourth streets. The San Joaquin County medical examiner confirmed with KCRA 3 that the identity of that woman was Tafoya.
It has been nine days since the murder, but Stockton police have not made any arrests or released any information about a suspect or motive. A spokesperson for the department said Saturday that there are no new updates to the case.
With no answers yet, Tafoya’s family decided to take matters into their own hands. Loved ones gathered Saturday afternoon to hold posters with Tafoya’s picture and post flyers on trees pleading with the public to come forward with information.
“I want justice for her. I’m not going to stop, and our family is not going to stop, until we get justice,” Tafoya’s aunt Tina Cordova said. “We’re going to get out here and we’re going to do what we can, because no one is doing nothing.”
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Cordova said she was the one who found Tafoya’s body on Nov. 10. It is a sight she wishes she could forget.
“When I opened that door, she was laying here. She was naked with stab wounds all over her, and it looked like they threw her inside the back of the car. They tossed her there like she was nobody,” Cordova said. “I’m broken because she didn’t deserve that.”
Video below: Family of Stockton woman stabbed asks for answers
But Tafoya’s family wants to make it clear: she wasn’t a nobody. They described her as a kind and loving soul, someone who would give someone in need the shirt off her back. They said they do not want her to become just another homicide statistic in Stockton.
“She was always next to me, and I don’t want to feel like I failed her, so I want to be able to give her justice. At least we could do that,” Tafoya’s aunt Valentine McKay said.
The family was also asking for donations to help cover the cost of Lexus’ funeral.
On the flyers loved one handed out Saturday, numbers for both Stockton police and Stockton Crime Stoppers were listed. Loved ones said they want anyone who may know what happened to Tafoya to come forward.
“We’re just trying to reach out to everybody, you know, try and find out if somebody knows something, seen something,” Tafoya’s great uncle Carlos Medina said.
Stockton Police are encouraging anyone with information to call the non-emergency number at 209-937-8377 or the Investigations Division at 209-937-8323.
You can submit anonymous tips to Stockton Crime Stoppers by submitting a tip online or calling 209-946-0600 or downloading its P3 Tips mobile app. Stockton Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest.