A woman is dead and a man has been arrested after a domestic assault in Newport News early Monday, according to police.
Police said they responded to a call in reference to an unresponsive woman around 2:25 a.m. in the 1000 block of 75th Street. They found 36-year-old Emma Carolina Lopez Navarre inside the residence. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
After a preliminary investigation, police said they arrested 47-year-old Javier Hernandez-Orellana and charged him with second-degree homicide.
Trevor Metcalfe, 757-222-5345, trevor.metcalfe@pilotonline.com
