Samantha Lee Price was baking cookies and wrapping Christmas presents Dec. 24 when she was ambushed and fatally stabbed by her boyfriend, her mother says. Now, as Jo Ortiz remembers her 24-year-old daughter, she’s warning others about the dangers of emotional abuse. “Pay attention to red flags,” Ortiz told The Epoch Times Jan. 4. “There’s more than just physical abuse.” Price was killed by her longtime boyfriend, 27-year-old Ricardo Pedro Valenzuela, in their Anaheim residence Dec. 24. He left her body in their shared apartment in the 3000 block of West Del Monte Drive for days before eventually killing himself, said Ortiz. After fatally stabbing Price, Valenzuela led her family to believe she was still alive by sending texts from her phone and claiming she was sick, said Ortiz. Ortiz knew something was wrong when she was receiving text messages from her daughter with a quick reply. “I’m fine. I’m …