May 14, 2008 4:37 pm US/Pacific
North Bay Man Delays Plea In Girlfriend's Murder
SANTA ROSA (BCN) ―
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Honorio Pantaleon, aka Victor Pantaleon seen in a police mugshot from Dec. 2007.
Santa Rosa PD
A Santa Rosa man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend last weekend delayed entering a plea to six felony counts Wednesday morning in Sonoma County Superior Court.
Honorio Pantaleon, 30, was to be arraigned Wednesday morning but his appearance was continued until Wednesday afternoon. It was then moved back for procedural reasons to 11 a.m., Chief Deputy District Attorney Spencer Brady said.
Pantaleon is charged with killing 25-year-old Patricia Barrales, the mother of their two children. Her body was found Sunday night in a toy box in a closet in the couple's apartment on Montecito Avenue in Santa Rosa. She had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body and head, Santa Rosa police said.
Pantaleon is charged with murder, aggravated mayhem, domestic violence battery on a spouse, two counts of child endangerment and mayhem. There are also enhancements alleging the use of a knife and inflicting great bodily injury.
Pantaleon also allegedly tried to shoot Barrales' mother Isabel with a rifle at her Ukiah home Monday morning but instead struck her with the rifle when it didn't fire. He was arrested by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office in Ukiah late Monday night.
Police went to Barrales' Rincon Valley apartment at 6:47 p.m. Sunday after her brother asked them to check on her welfare because she had been a victim of previous domestic violence. Two officers checked the apartment and found no one inside and no signs of foul play, Sgt. Lisa Banayat said.
At 9:27 p.m. Sunday, the apartment manager called police after he received a call from Barrales' family members asking him to check the closets in the apartment, Banayat said. The family members said Barrales' 4-year-old son stated his mother was locked in the closed, Banayat said.
The apartment manager called police who then discovered Barrales' body. Police said it's still not known when exactly when Barrales was killed.
Pantaleon showed up at his mother's Lake County residence with his two sons just before midnight on Saturday, relatives said. He is being held under no bail in the Sonoma County jail and is scheduled to enter a plea Friday morning.
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