Contra Costa prosecutors charged Thomas John Iovenitti with murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Alisha Iovenitti.

The murder count is the new accusation. The $1,000 bail and the stay-away order are what the district attorney says a judge set in May, over the office's objection, in an earlier case. KTVU and CBS San Francisco do not print the same minute for the 911 call, and they do not describe his injuries the same way. Wednesday's arraignment is the next court date the district attorney gave. A complaint is not a verdict.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said that on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, it filed a complaint charging Thomas John Iovenitti, 40, with the murder of his wife, Alisha Iovenitti, on Oct. 23 in Concord. The office said the complaint alleges he personally used a knife. It said that at the time of the alleged homicide he was out of custody on bail in a pending domestic-violence case, number 01-26-02665, from an incident on May 9, 2026. The office said that on May 19, over its objection, a judge set bail at $1,000 and issued stay-away orders barring him from contacting his wife or returning to the family's residence. The new case number is 01-26-05187. The office said the new complaint also charges three other felonies: dissuading a witness from reporting a crime on Oct. 23, and assault with a deadly weapon, a knife, and corporal injury to a spouse, both related to the May 9 incident. It said the complaint includes five misdemeanor counts, including a violation of a court order and four counts of child endangerment, three of them related to Oct. 23 and one related to May 9. No child is named here. The office said he was to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Department 6 at the Contra Costa County Superior Court Annex in Martinez, that he remains at the Martinez Detention Facility without bail, and that if convicted he faces a maximum of 29 years to life. CBS San Francisco reported the same murder count, the same dissuading count, the felony assault and corporal-injury counts tied to May, the five misdemeanors, the no-bail hold, a Wednesday afternoon arraignment, and the same maximum. KTVU reported the murder charge, the $1,000 May bail, the stay-away order, and a Wednesday arraignment. KRON reported the murder charge, the knife, the restraining order, and the $1,000 bail set over the district attorney's objection.

The night itself is not on one clock, and the description of his wounds is not one sentence. KTVU reported Concord police were called to the 2300 block of Panoramic Drive shortly before 9 p.m. Friday after a report of a disturbance involving a man and a knife, that officers found a man and a woman unresponsive and suffering from stab wounds, and that Alisha Iovenitti was pronounced dead at the scene. CBS San Francisco, citing Concord police, reported officers were called to the family's home on Panoramic Drive around 8:50 p.m. after a caller reported a disturbance between an armed man and a woman, that no one responded when police tried to contact the occupants, and that officers forced entry. CBS San Francisco reported police found the man and woman with apparent stab wounds, that the woman died at the scene despite lifesaving efforts, and that the man was hospitalized in critical condition. KRON reported a 911 call from a house on Panoramic Drive just before 9 p.m., the forced entry, and that the woman died at the scene. Shortly before 9, around 8:50, and just before 9 are three ways of placing one call. Unresponsive with stab wounds, apparent stab wounds and a critical hospitalization, and a man now held without bail are the custody pictures those outlets printed. KTVU did not print the forced entry. CBS San Francisco did not print the 2300 block.

What the May case was, on the day it was filed, is where CBS San Francisco and the district attorney's Tuesday release do not use the same word. The district attorney said the May 9 case charged assault with a deadly weapon, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, corporal injury to a spouse, and false imprisonment, and that the new complaint charges felony assault with a deadly weapon and felony corporal injury to a spouse for that earlier incident. CBS San Francisco reported he was initially charged on May 9 with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, corporal injury to a spouse, and false imprisonment. Misdemeanor, in CBS San Francisco's account of the May filing, and felony, in the district attorney's account of the counts filed Tuesday for that same May incident, are not the same grade. The $1,000 bail on May 19, set over the district attorney's objection, is in both. The stay-away order is in both. KRON reported the same May bail and the same order. A bail figure from May is not the hold on the murder complaint. The district attorney and CBS San Francisco say the murder case is no bail.

The child-endangerment counts are in the complaint the district attorney described. They are not names. The office said four of the five misdemeanors are child endangerment, three dated to Oct. 23 and one dated to May 9, plus a count of violating a court order. CBS San Francisco reported the same five misdemeanors, the court-order count, and the four child-endangerment counts. This account does not identify a child. The knife allegation, the murder count, and the May bail are what the district attorney says the papers contain. Wednesday's listing is the arraignment the office set for 1:30 p.m. in Department 6. A filing is the accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.