Update: Abundo Capulin Lozano, the suspect involved in the alleged stabbing last evening in Kosciusko County, has been located. Lozano was taken into custody on the Ohio Turnpike in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, near the city of Cleveland by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Lozano was reportedly with his brother at the time of the arrest.
KCSD Press Release-
Kosciusko County police are currently investigating a stabbing incident that occurred northeast of Warsaw.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to Tuesday evening at approximately 5:47 p.m. to a reported stabbing that had occurred at the Green Acres Mobile Home Park, 1692 East County Road 200 North, Warsaw. Emergency personal and officers arrived and met with the victim, identified as Viviana Arias, 28, who was suffering from multiple stab wounds. Officers were advised that the suspect was allegedly her husband, Avundio Lozano, 35. They were also told that he had fled the scene driving the couples white, Toyota 4-door, with Illinois license plates affixed to the vehicle. The suspect was purportedly last scene northbound on County Road 175 East. Officers from several agencies converged upon the area in an attempt to locate the suspect. K.C.S.D. deputies located the suspect vehicle in the town of Leesburg a short time later, but it was unoccupied.
Arias was transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital in serious condition by Multi-Township E.M.S. Arias was found to have defensive lacerations on her arms, as well as a puncture wound to her cheek/facial area. Sheriff’s deputies stated that initial investigations into the incident have determined that Arias and Lozano had gotten into a verbal argument that escalated inside their mobile home. Lozano had obtained a kitchen-style knife shortly afterwards and began to stab at his wife.
Viviana Arias is currently listed in serious, but stable condition at K.C.H. Individuals with information related to the whereabouts of Avundio Lozano are asked to call either the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department at 574-267-5667 or Crime Stoppers at 800-342-STOP.
