Woman stabbed to death in Dorchester

Boston Police report finding a woman, 38, with multiple stab wounds at 5 Ridgewood St. in Dorchester shortly after 3 a.m. today. She was pronounced dead at Boston Medical Center.

Mario Gonzalez, 29, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Victim identified

Luz Forty, according to the Suffolk County DA's office, which says the murder was a case of domestic violence. Gonzalez is scheduled for arraignment this morning in Dorchester District Court.

Gonzalez ordered held without bail

Dorchester District Court Judge Rosalind Miller also revoked his bail on an unrelated Roxbury case, according to the Suffolk County DA's office, which charges that after murdering his girlfriend, Gonzalez called 911, then told police someone had broken into the apartment and stabbed her - but after being read his Miranda rights, he allegedly confessed.

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