Details Of Tuesday Night Stabbing In Palm Springs Slow In Coming

A 71 year-old man is dead after a stabbing in Palm Springs.

He was pronounced dead at Desert Regional Medical Center, according to the Riverside County Coroner.

The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. on the 300 block of Sunview Avenue, just south of Tramview Road, according to Sgt. Mike Kovaleff.

Palm Springs police investigators had a woman in custody just before 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, and said she had stabbed her mother’s fiancee.

“Police learned that the victim was stabbed after a family argument,” said police spokesperson Rhonda Long.

The suspect, Michelle Booty, 32, of Palm Springs, was arrested a short distance away from the crime scene, and she was booked into county jail with pending murder charges.

Anyone with information to this crime is asked to call the Palm Springs Police Department at 760-323-8115 or Crime Stoppers at 760-341-STOP.