Walnut Woman Accused of Fatally Stabbing Husband Gets New Court Date

A scheduled arraignment for a Walnut woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband has been postponed until June.

Socorro Mora, 45, appeared in Pomona Superior Court Tuesday for the planned arraignment, but the judge agreed to postpone the proceeding because the defendant recently retained a private attorney.  She previously was represented by a public defender.

Her new court date is set for June 27, according to Jane Robison, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

This is the fifth postponement since a judge in October 2012 ordered Mora to stand trial for murder.

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 has pleaded not guilty to all three counts.

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