California dad stabs wife to death in front of their kids five months after being bailed over DV charge: DA

Source: New York Post

Three young children in Northern California have been left without either parent after their father allegedly stabbed their mother to death just months after a restraining order had been filed against him. Thomas John Iovenitti, 40, has been charged with murdering his wife, five months after he was arrested in connection with another alleged domestic violence incident involving her, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. The children, ages 9, 9 and 10, are now being cared for by relatives and close friends following the Oct.