Man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in Quincy held without bail

A Massachusetts man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend over the weekend, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

Guiovani G. Garcia Chagollan, 34, is accused of killing his girlfriend, 26-year-old Ahtziri Y. Cardenas-Torreros, in Quincy.

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Police were first called to the apartment at 500 Falls Boulevard around 11 p.m by a caller reporting that someone was dead and someone else was harming themself with a knife. Cardenas-Torreros and Garcia Chagollan were both found with stab wounds inside an apartment. Cardenas-Torreros was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Garcia Chagollan suffered serious injuries and was arraigned from his hospital bed at Boston Medical Center on Monday. He was held without bail and is scheduled for a probable cause hearing on January 14.

Few additional details were immediately released. The case is under investigation by Quincy police, Massachusetts State Police and the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.