Police Investigate Student-Teacher Love Triangle

A high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher Tamara Hofmann in her bedroom was stabbed to death. Police said Sixto Balbuena told them he "wanted to teach the victim Samuel Valdivia a lesson," and stabbed him in the lower side with a kitchen knife, according to the court document. El Dorado Principal Ramona Gonzales said she suspended Hofmann after the stabbing incident, and she is currently talking with students to find out more about Hofmann's relationship with Valdivia.

Nevertheless, Gonzales defended her hiring of Hofmann."She had 14 years experience, and letters of recommendation," Gonzales said. Balbuena is in jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond.

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