Former Durham resident indicted in death of wife
A grand jury has indicted a former Durham resident in the fatal stabbing of his wife. The indictment handed up Monday charges Raven Abaroa with first-degree murder in the April 2005 slaying of 25-year-old Janet Christiansen Abaroa.
Posted — UpdatedDurham police arrested Abaroa, 30, on Feb. 1 at his home in Montpelier, Idaho. He is being held without bond in Idaho's Caribou County jail.
During a Feb. 2 court appearance, Abaroa requested a court-appointed attorney and told the judge he didn't want to be sent back to North Carolina to face the murder charge, according to the Idaho State Journal.
The newspaper said a Feb. 17 extradition hearing was scheduled in the case.
Janet Abaroa was stabbed to death in an upstairs bedroom at her 2606 Ferrand Drive home. She was pregnant at the time. The Abaroas’ 6-month-old son, Kaiden, was also in the home but was unharmed.
Raven Abaroa and his son left North Carolina after his wife’s death, and he remarried. He is estranged from his wife, Vanessa Pond.
Kaiden was placed in the custody of his paternal grandmother after his father's arrest earlier this month, authorities said.
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