The man accused of killing his former girlfriend and business partner with a powerful package bomb at a day spa in Aliso Viejo has been indicted on new, unrelated fraud charges, according to court documents. Stephen William Beal, 61, is accused in a newly unsealed two-count indictment of failing to report a $350,000 windfall from his wife’s death in the…

Stephen William Beal is accused of failing to report a $350,000 windfall from his wife’s death. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.

Hoping to generate public tips, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials released a sketch Tuesday of an assailant who attacked a woman in Aliso Viejo. The 22-year-old woman said she was skateboarding about 6 p.m. Monday at Woodfield Park when the man approached her and attempted to talk to her, according to the sheriff’s department. The man then “unexpectedly attacked her,” grabbing...

The suspect is wanted for assaulting and kidnapping a woman in Aliso Viejo before she was able to get away. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.

A Long Beach man has been charged with causing the package bomb explosion at a day spa in Aliso Viejo that killed the man’s ex-girlfriend and injured two others in 2018, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday.

A Southern California man who was arrested on an explosives charge after a blast killed his former girlfriend last week at her day spa was ordered held without bail at a court appearance Monday.

A decade before his ex-girlfriend was killed in what investigators say was a targeted explosion, Stephen Beal’s wife died in what a coroner deemed a “mysterious case.”

Strangers held hand-in-hand in solidarity of their mourning for a woman killed during an explosion in Aliso Viejo. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Friday, May 18, 2018.

New details emerge about Stephen Beal, the man accused of carrying out the explosion at a medical building in Aliso Viejo. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 5 on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

The man accused of carrying out the deadly explosion in Aliso Viejo is facing multiple charges. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News at 5 on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

The ex linked to the woman killed in the Aliso Viejo explosion appeared in court while the troubling list of items found in his home were revealed. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

Neighbors and the daughter of the man accused of bombing a medical building in Aliso Viejo speak out. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.

Nearly 100 children were rushed out from their daycare after an explosion detonated at a nearby medical building in Aliso Viejo. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

One person was killed and three others were taken to a hospital after an explosive device detonated in an Aliso Viejo medical building. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

Brandon Dufault is one of two survivors from a shooting rampage that left two people dead in Aliso Viejo last fall. He talks to NBC4 about the moments that left him blind.

One of only two survivors in a shooting rampage in Aliso Viejo last fall shares his emotional story of escape and survival. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 8 on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.

Hear Brandon Dufault describe in his own words the moments a gunman shot him in his most vulnerable moment.

Hear from Jessica Just, who the Dufault family credits for saving Brandon’s life. They tell us her quick actions to call 911 got him the help he needed in the critical moments he was losing blood.

A man who posted videos of himself holding guns and describing his desire to go on a killing rampage sent threatening messages to a Southern California university spokeswoman saying he had “nothing to lose” and would “make some examples that no one will forget,” according to court documents released Wednesday.