{"id":78092,"date":"2017-08-01T17:40:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T00:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=78092"},"modified":"2017-08-07T14:07:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T21:07:01","slug":"arraignment-postponed-for-lancaster-man-charged-with-murdering-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/08\/01\/arraignment-postponed-for-lancaster-man-charged-with-murdering-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Arraignment postponed for Lancaster man charged with murdering wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Katrina Barragan [Facebook photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER – Arraignment was postponed Tuesday for Rafael Barragan<\/strong>, the 47-year-old man charged with the stabbing death of his wife at their Lancaster home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barragan faces one count of murder with an allegation that he used a knife as a deadly weapon and one count of dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

The charges stem from the July 1 death of Katrina Barragan,<\/strong> 37, who was stabbed to death at the couple\u2019s home in the 4200 block of Jonathon Street in Lancaster, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Katrina Barragan was stabbed following an argument that began after the couple left a birthday party earlier in the evening, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Before her death, Katrina Barragan called police but the call was allegedly interrupted by Rafael Barragan, prosecutors said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rafael Barragan was scheduled to be arraigned in a Lancaster courtroom Tuesday, but the arraignment was postponed to Sept. 6, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

His bail has been set at $2.12 million. Rafael Barragan faces a possible maximum sentence of more than 26 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rafael and Katrina Barragan were married with two children, according to the sheriff\u2019s department. Katrina Barragan worked as a nurse at Antelope Valley Hospital, her friends said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Lancaster Station.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/span><\/p>\n

Candlelight service for woman stabbed to death in Lancaster<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Woman stabbed to death in Lancaster, husband held for questioning<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – Arraignment was postponed Tuesday for Rafael Barragan, the 47-year-old man charged with the stabbing death of his wife at their Lancaster home. Barragan faces one count of murder with an allegation that he used a knife as a deadly weapon and one count of dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime. The charges […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}