A felon accused of fatally stabbing a woman at a Hemet property was charged Wednesday with murder.
Autumn Brooke Goodwin, 27, of Hemet, was arrested Friday following a Hemet Police Department investigation into the slaying of Shawna Rhoades.
Along with the murder count, Goodwin was charged with a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a knife in the commission of a felony.
She was being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Smith Correctional Facility and was slated to make her initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Banning Justice Center.
According to Hemet police Lt. Art Paez, about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 18, Goodwin and Rhoades were involved in an unspecified confrontation in the 1000 block of South Gilbert Street, near Stetson Avenue.
During the encounter, Goodwin allegedly pulled the weapon and stabbed the victim several times, then fled, Paez alleged.
Witnesses called 911, and patrol officers reached the location within minutes, attempting life-saving measures until an ambulance took Rhoades to a regional trauma center, where she died a short time later.
Detectives initiated an investigation that culminated in Goodwin being identified as the alleged assailant. A search warrant was served at her residence in the 600 block of Vista Del Monte Friday, at which point she was taken into custody without incident, according to the lieutenant.
A possible motive for the alleged attack was not disclosed.
Court records show that Goodwin has a prior conviction for assault with a deadly weapon.