On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at approximately 12:15am Brownwood Police Communications received a phone call from a male who believed someone was trying to kill him.

Officer Shade Tidwell responded to the home in the 500 block of Victoria St. and met with a male resident outside the home.  While standing with this male, Officer Tidwell overheard a faint, female, voice from inside the residence asking for help.  The front door was open, and the female voice continued asking for help and stated that she was stabbed.  Officer Tidwell entered through the open door and again heard the female inside an interior room, state that “he has a knife to me.”  A male voice inside the same room responded ‘yeah’ to her claim.

Officer Tidwell entered the room and observed 63-year-old Loida Torres sitting on the floor covered in blood.  Blood was also pooling on the floor beneath her.  A male, 50-year-old Stephen Rene Martinez, was laying on the bed behind her with a knife close by. Officer Tidwell was able to secure Mr Martinez and secure the scene for medical personnel.

While interviewing Martinez he admitted to causing the injuries to Torres. Medical staff located three stab wounds to Ms Torres but believed there to be more. The injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Torres was transported to Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood for treatment. Martinez was arrested and transported to the Brown County Jail with the charge of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.