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ROWLAND HEIGHTS – A 20-year-old Rowland Heights woman was convicted of stabbing her brother’s girlfriend to death with a pair of scissors officials said. Lisette Kimberly Moreno, pleaded no contest to felony voluntary manslaughter at the Pomona Superior Court on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Moreno also admitted to the special allegation that she used a deadly and dangerous weapon; scissor, during the commission of the crime.

On August 16, 2015, according to the complaint, Moreno got into a verbal altercation with the victim, Annette Martinez, who was her brother’s girlfriend. The altercation escalated, and Moreno stabbed Martinez with a pair of scissors. She then fled the area, while authorities and emergency medical personnel arrived at the Rowland Heights home to transport Martinez to the hospital. Martinez later died as a result of the injuries sustained as a result of the stabbing.

Moreno was later located and arrested for the stabbing. She is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday, November 29, 2016.

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