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Autreydrez Maldonado

FREEDOM -- Deputies on Monday identified Jeovahni Maldonado as the 17-year-old stabbed to death at his home on Buena Vista Drive in Freedom.

Autreydrez Maldonado, his 20-year-old brother, was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday, said Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy Ryan Kennedy. Autreydrez remained in Santa Cruz County Jail on Monday in lieu of $750,000 bail, according to jail records.

Authorities have not yet described the attack that led to Jeovahni Maldonado's death, but they said a 911 call was made from their home at 38 Buena Vista Drive about 7:20 a.m. Friday.

Jeovahni was taken to Watsonville Community Hospital by car and died at the hospital, deputies said. An autopsy took place Monday but authorities have not released his cause of death.

Prosecutors have not charged Autreydrez, but authorities said he is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Santa Cruz County Superior Court.

Deputies had responded to the home several times in the past two months for domestic violence-related problems.

Jeovahni's and Autreydrez's 48-year-old father, Edward Maldonado, was arrested at the house on Oct. 15 on suspicion of corporal injury and a probation violation, according to deputies.

Edward Maldonado's criminal record includes a no contest plea to felony resisting an officer with injury in 2011. He was sentenced to one year in jail and three years of probation in that case, according to court records.

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Authorities identify Freedom homicide victim