{"id":481973,"date":"2026-10-31T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481973\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:00:08","slug":"man-gets-life-in-prison-for-fatal-2024-stabbing-of-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481973\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets life in prison for fatal 2024 stabbing of wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his estranged wife, Stephanie Mendoza, the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/woman-found-dead-during-welfare-check-at-south-side-home-san-antonio-texas-police-investigation-evidence-family-member-homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman stabbed to death in failed murder-suicide on South Side, police said<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to San Antonio police, officers were called around 11 p.m. Aug. 2024, to a home on Division Avenue near South Flores Street for a welfare check. Family members had become concerned after a recent family violence incident and were unable to reach Stephanie.<\/p>\n<p>Officers found Stephanie dead inside the home with more than 30 stab wounds. James Mendoza was also inside with self-inflicted wounds to his torso and wrists. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition and later taken into custody, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined Mendoza lured Stephanie to their former home and attacked her, according to the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his estranged wife,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-481973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}