Killer Seen Lurking At Apartment Complex Before Murder/Suicide

"HOUSTON, TX — People living at the Spanish Village Apartments at 4000 Griggs Road woke up to a tragedy Saturday morning.

"They said a man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in one of the apartments. They believe the former couple’s two children were also inside at the time.

"Relatives identified the victim as Dalena Anderson. They said she was just hoping to begin the New Year with a new start.

"Anderson had recently broken up with her boyfriend, who was also the father of their son and daughter, ages 7 and 9.

"`It’s just horrible,` her father, Manuel Dotson, said. Dotson lives at the complex too and learned there was trouble when his grandchildren showed up at his door.

"`And they woke us up out of our sleep at seven this morning, saying that their mom and dad was fighting and she was on the floor bleeding,` he said.

"He said he rushed over to their apartment to see that his daughter had been stabbed in the heart.

"Neighbors said the man responsible was just a few blocks away at the time, and took his own life at a bus stop.

"They said they saw him lurking around and that it was no secret he had problems with drugs. Many knew him, because he did maintenance work at the complex."

From KHOU.com...