By City News Service
May 10, 2021
LONG BEACH (CNS) - A murder charge was filed today against a 44-year-old homeless man accused in the stabbing death of a fellow transient last October in Long Beach.
Charles Ray Jones is accused of killing of 41-year-old Nilton Cardoso, who was attacked in the area of Ocean Boulevard and The Promenade North at about 8:50 p.m. Oct. 6, according to Long Beach police.
Officers arrived at the scene and found Cardoso being treated by paramedics for multiple stab wounds to his chest. Cardoso died at a hospital.
Detectives uncovered evidence linking Jones to the stabbing, according to an LBPD statement. The investigation also revealed that Jones and Cardoso knew each other, and the stabbing may have stemmed from a dispute, police said.