Man admits to stabbing his girlfriend, fleeing as she bled to death in front of their 2 toddlers

Left: Eleni Tavau (Facebook). Right: Rodrigo Bravo (Monterey County Jail).

Left: Eleni Tavau (Facebook). Right: Rodrigo Bravo (Monterey County Jail).

A California man with a history of domestic violence will be sentenced to serve 16 years to life in prison after admitting to stabbing his girlfriend in front of their two toddlers while the killer had an active restraining order against him, authorities said.

Rodrigo Bravo, 31, pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder of his girlfriend and the mother of his children, Eleni Tavua, 30, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced in a Friday press release. Bravo also admitted that he personally used a knife in the killing.

The bloodshed happened on June 23, 2023, prosecutors said. Tavua and her two children, ages 1 and 2, were at their apartment on Natividad Road in Salinas, more than 100 miles southeast of San Francisco. Bravo was there as well, despite a domestic violence restraining order prohibiting him from contacting Tavua.

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