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Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Investigators have arrested and charged a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a male at a residence in east Harris County.

On Monday, July 20, 2015, at approximately 3:40 A.M., Arturo Mirfuentes arrived at Lionel Jaimes' residence, located at 16038 2nd Street. Mirfuentes was upset about Mr. Jaimes dating his ex-wife and wanted to talk with his ex-wife who was at Jaimes' residence. When Mirfuentes' wife refused to exit the residence and talk with him, Mr. Mirfuentes kicked the front door open. Mr. Jaimes was on the telephone with the 911 Dispatcher requesting police when Mr. Mierfuentes entered the residence.

Once Mr. Mirfuentes entered the residence, he and Mr. Jaimes began fighting. Mr. Mirfuentes grabbed a kitchen knife from the counter and used it to stab Jaimes multiple times. Mr. Mirfuentes's ex-wife went to the children's room and escaped the residence through a window with the children. Mr. Mirfuentes fled the scene on foot. Mr. Jaimes succumbed to his injuries and died at the scene.

While Harris County Sheriff's Investigators were investigating the offense, Mirfuentes' ex-wife received a telephone call from a friend, who said she saw Mirfuentes walking on Freeport Street. Deputies were dispatched to Freeport Street and Alderson where Mirfuentes was last seen. Patrol deputies located Mirfuentes entering a nearby apartment complex and detained him.

Mr. Mirfuentes was transported to the Homicide Office where he later confessed to the murder of Lionel Jaimes. Arturo Mirfuentes is currently in the Harris County Jail awaiting arraignment.

The mug shot photo is attached to the release.