DNA technology leads to arrest in 2014 Oxnard stabbing death of Labh Nigah
Andrew Gillies
OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – Over ten years after the murder of Labh Nigah in Sierra Linda Park, investigators announced the arrest of 32-year-old Jose Antonio Jimenez in connection Monday.
Labh Nigah. Image courtesy of the Oxnard Police Department.
On the morning of Nov. 13, 2014, the 55-year-old father was fatally stabbed at Sierra Linda Park after dropping his son off at school.
Location of the fatal stabbing in Sierra Linda Park nearby Sierra Linda Elementary courtesy of the Oxnard Police Department.
On Monday, Oxnard Police shared that advanced DNA testing led them to arrest 32-year-old Jose Antonio Jimenez who lived nearby to the Nigah family at the time.
Mr. Nigah’s daughters Harleen and Arshneel also met with local members of the media regarding the announcement of the arrest.
They explained that their father embodied the American dream and his loss happed when both of the now-adult women were still in high school.
Dealing with the loss of her father, “hasn’t gotten any easier” despite the years since his death shared Arshneel Kaur Monday.
She explained that his memory still drives her as a personal mantra, “How can I make him prouder than I already have.”
His eldest daughter Harleen noted the her father taught her, “Be modest, humble and hardworking” and she has carried this message while growing up without him.
Police stated Monday that the killing was a random act of violence and Jimenez, who was 20 at the time of the murder, has now been arraigned on a felony charge of murder.
Jose Antonio Jimenez. Image courtesy of the Oxnard Police Department.