<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2qWfHF_0vk1wdCd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2qWfHF_0vk1wdCd00" width="2000" height="1504" ><figcaption>The funeral service for Mirna Soza Arauz, which was held in May in Nicaragua. She was 66 years old, and leaves behind three children and seven grandchildren, according to her GoFundMe page. (Photo Courtesy of Alex Castillo)</figcaption></figure>A man accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old woman on a Metro train in the Studio City area on April 22 is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, Oct. 17, on one count each of murder and first-degree robbery.The murder charge against the suspect, Elliot Tramel Nowden, includes a special circumstance allegation of murder during a robbery. Nowden was found earlier this month to be mentally competent to stand trial. He remains jailed without bail.Police said the stabbing occurred around 5 a.m. on the train between North Hollywood and Universal City. The victim, Mirna Soza Arauz, had boarded a Metro B (Red) Line at the North Hollywood station, going downtown. She was attacked by the suspect and exited the train when it arrived at the Universal City Station, where she was found mortally wounded.Top StoriesArauz was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she died from her injuries. Nowden was arrested 30 minutes after the attack near Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Nowden has had previous run-ins with the law, according to LA Superior Court records. He was convicted of petty theft in 2003 and received two years of probation.In June 2019, Nowden pleaded no contest to battering a passenger on a Metro train. He was ordered to spend five days in jail and three years on probation. He was also barred from boarding or riding any Metro trains during this time. Later that year in November, Nowden pleaded no contest to an assault with a deadly weapon charge and was sentenced to four years in prison.A GoFundMe was organized by Arauz’s nephew, Alex Castillo, to pay to transport her remains to Nicaragua where she could be buried. More than $48,000 were raised.On May 3, a vigil was held in her memory at the Optima Funeral Home in LA. By May 9, Arauz had been laid to rest.According to the GoFundMe page, Arauz was a mother of three and grandmother of seven. Family members also said she worked at a Tommy’s fast-food restaurant in North Hills.“We’re grateful to share that Mirna has been laid to rest here in Managua, surrounded by family and friends, as she had hoped,” Castillo wrote. “On behalf of her two daughters, son, and the whole family, we thank you.“While we appreciate the first responders that tried to save her life, we hope that Mirna’s death does not go unnoticed, and results in [bringing] real change to the public safety efforts in the area,” Castillo also wrote. “It’s a tragedy for the immigration community of Los Angeles and for all that rely on the Metro to get home safe. We will not rest until justice is served.”</div></body>

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Man Arrested in Fatal Metro Train Stabbing to be Arraigned in October

A man accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old woman on a Metro train in the Studio City area on April 22 is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, Oct. 17, on one count each of murder and first-degree robbery. The murder charge against the suspect, Elliot Tramel Nowden, includes a...