Original Blog Entry: Man stabbed over spilled milk

truesee — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:41:14 GMT

Daytona Beach stabbing tied to milk argument

LYDA LONGA

STAFF WRITER

May 12, 2011 9:26 AM

Pacheco

DAYTONA BEACH -- A 68-year-old resident of a Beville Road mobile home park stabbed his live-in girlfriend repeatedly when she returned from the grocery store with a different type of milk than he had just purchased, investigators said today.

A short time after the Wednesday morning stabbing of his high school sweetheart, Betty Galas, Daniel Pacheco turned the knife on himself, then took multiple Tylenol pills, investigators said. The couple live in the Colonial Colony South mobile home park.

Investigators disclosed today that Pacheco bought milk, which for some reason Galas, also 68, didn't approve of so she went to the store and returned with a different type. The couple argued, then the stabbing occurred about 11:35 a.m. Wednesday.

Galas remains in stable condition today at Halifax Health Medical Center. She suffered multiple stab wounds. Pacheco is scheduled to go before a judge today at the hospital, where he is being treated for his injures, for a first appearance hearing on a charge of aggravated battery.

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