Man faces murder charge in woman's death

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A man accused of stabbing a woman to death as police waited outside her home, waiting to be let inside, was charged Wednesday with murder, authorities said.
Nicholas A. Harvey, 22, was also charged with robbery and residential burglary, the district attorney's office said in a statement. Harvey was being held without bail pending a Nov. 29 arraignment.
Police allege Harvey killed Lynn Schockner, 50, as officers stood outside her front door waiting for her to unlock a gate and let them into her yard.
A neighbor had called police to report a man loitering outside the house.
Officers found Schockner, whose throat had been slit, after another officer in a nearby alley radioed that he had just caught a man climbing a fence to leave Schockner's yard.
Harvey had a knife and jewelry when he was captured, police said.