California 1st-Grade Teacher Stabbed to Death, Daughter Critical, Suspect at Large

A first-grade teacher in California has been killed and her daughter was critically injured in a stabbing early Monday morning … and police are still looking for the suspect.

Burbank Police say officers got a call around 6 AM about a stabbing in a single-family home … and found two women had been attacked at the scene.

Police didn’t release their identities pending identification by the medical examiner and notification of next of kin … but neighbors tell multiple news outlets the victims are Arti Varma and her daughter Meera.

BPD said they were taken to a nearby hospital, where one woman died from her injuries and the other remains hospitalized.

Neighbors tell outlets Meera is in critical condition, and Arti is the woman who died. Their ages were not revealed. They say Arti is a public school educator, and she’s listed as a first-grade teacher on the Bret Harte Elementary School website.

Meera is a mental health activist who has worked alongside Oprah Winfrey, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and more … according to her website.

Neighbor Christina Strattan told KTLA that Arti’s husband and Meera’s father is “not in the U.S. right now,” saying … “He may be in India, that’s kind of the understanding.”

Another neighbor, Victor Goli, told ABC7 Arti’s husband was inconsolable over the news, saying … “He couldn’t even speak right … he was crying.”