Woman Accused of Fatally Stabbing Husband Pleads Not Guilty

A Walnut woman accused of the fatal stabbing of her estranged husband again pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Socorro Mora, 45, appeared in court on June 27 for a second arraignment where she entered her not guilty plea, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. 

The defendant will next appear in court Aug. 14 for a pretrial conference and trial setting, Robison said.

Mora was arrested Oct. 19, 2011 and charged with murdering her estranged husband George Mora at his Brookside Court home in Walnut.  The father of four was found dead from multiple stab wounds minutes after Socorro Mora called the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to report a domestic disturbance at the home.  

When deputies arrived, they found the defendant in the front yard bleeding from her wounds. Besides being charged with fatally stabbing her husband, Mora also is accused of killing one of the family dogs last September and faces a third count of domestic violence related to an alleged incident that also took place around the same time.  

Besides being charged with fatally stabbing her husband, Mora also is accused of killing one of the family dogs last September and faces a third count of domestic violence related to an alleged incident that also took place around the same time.  She previoualy pleaded not guilty to all three counts.

Mora is being held on $5 million bail at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood.