Valdez indicted in death of woman

Tuesday, March 8, 2005 | 9:37 a.m.

A 29-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and left a knife in the chest of her 12-year-old son on Nov. 8 was indicted by a grand jury on Friday.

James Valdez is scheduled for arraignment before District Judge Joseph Bonaventure on March 14 on one count each of murder, attempt murder and assault all with use of a deadly weapon for the fatal stabbing of 31-year-old Teresa Tilden, whose 12-year-old son, Shiloh Edsitty, was also stabbed but survived.

The two were attacked at Camden Tiara apartment complex, 2810 E. Warm Springs Road. En route to the hospital, Edsitty, a sixth grader at Schofield Middle School, told authorities that Valdez attacked him and his mother, police said.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Ed Kane, who was fed up with excuses and delays caused by Valdez's attorneys, followed through on his threat to try to get Valdez's case before the grand jury before his preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

On two separate occasions Valdez's attorneys successfully argued for 11th-hour postponements, with the latest coming Feb. 23.