Santa Barbara – During the course of romantic relationships, the initial period of loving bliss frequently loses it’s “hearts and flowers” patina and becomes something less than passionate. When, however, a loving relationship fails to mature past the early stages of pure emotion into those of stability and acceptance, passions can become part of a dangerous, volatile paradigm of suspicion, jealousy, rage, and violence.
Such seems to have been the extreme case on the night of October 28th inside an apartment residence in downtown Santa Barbara. It was just after midnight when, according to Santa Barbara Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Riley Harwood, SBPD units responded to a 911 Emergency call made by a neighbor “reporting a disturbance” next door.
Angela Lasky
When officers knocked on the apartment door where the alleged disturbance took place, Aubrey Dupree Wadford, 39, opened the door. Upon entering the residence, officers found a deceased female, Angela Lasky, 39, the apparent victim of stab wounds, as well as a two-year old female who was unharmed. At that point Wadford was taken into custody on suspicion of domestic violence, and was “initially transported to the Santa Barbara Police Department.” Pursuant to Wadford’s interview at police headquarters, he was then taken to Santa Barbara County Jail and booked on charges of domestic violence and murder, with his bail set at $1,000,000.
The two-year old girl was determined to be the child of Wadford and his dead girlfriend, and was put in the care of Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services.
Photo: Courtesy Santa Barbara County Jail Booking, Pinterest
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