EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who fatally stabbed his wife at the couple’s Lemon Grove home pleaded guilty this week to a second-degree murder count.
Jay Barcelon, 32, was arrested and charged for the slaying of 30-year-old Rhona Barcelon on April 16, 2021, at their home on Dain Court.
Deputies responded to the home at about 7:30 p.m. that night for a report of “a domestic incident with a male and female reportedly arguing,” said Lt. Thomas Seiver of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Seiver said deputies heard screaming inside the home and forced their way inside, where they found both Barcelon and his wife injured….