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Teacher-Student Love Triangle Ends in Murder

By David Lohr

A bizarre love triangle involving a teacher and two former students in Chandler, AZ, came to a murderous end last week. The police say they received a 911 call on April 10 from a caller who reported a stabbing in the 2500 block of W. Ironwood in Chandler. When investigators arrived on the scene, they found 18-year-old Samuel Valdivia suffering from an abdominal knife wound. Valdivia was immediately transported to a local hospital, where he was admitted into the intensive care unit. While doctors rushed to save Valdivia's life, investigators tried to piece together the events that led to the stabbing by interviewing two individuals who were present at the scene when they arrived ? 20-year-old Sixto Balbuena and 48-year-old Tamara Hofmann (photo here)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).