By Bill Lindelof and Chelsea Phua
blindelof@sacbee.com
Sheriff's homicide detectives have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the stabbing of an acquaintance at a Fair Oaks apartment complex.
James Edward Jones (photo right) was booked into Sacramento County Main Jail shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday on a count of murder. He was arrested earlier in the day by detectives in the 7800 block of Sunset Boulevard.
The body of Victor Manuel Vega, 39, was found early Tuesday morning on a second-story landing between two apartments at the complex in the 4800 block of Sunset Terrace.
Vega, who lived at the complex, is suspected to have gotten into a fight with Jones, who fled the scene, according to deputies. Vega suffered significant blood loss and was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is not known what led to the fight between the two men, sheriff's deputies said.
Vega's death was preceded by a call to the department about 2:45 a.m. from apartment complex security guards about a man causing a disturbance.
Guards said that a man, apparently Vega, was wandering through the complex "being loud and obnoxious."
Deputies were not able to find the man who was earlier causing the disturbance.
However, they returned about 45 minutes later to the same complex on a call to dispatchers about the sounds of a fight. They discovered Vega's body on the landing.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-4357.
Call The Bee's Bill Lindelof, (916) 321-1079.
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