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PHOENIX - A man has been arrested in the brutal death of his girlfriend in downtown Phoenix on Friday morning.

What we know:

Around 3:40 a.m. on Nov. 7, Phoenix officers responded to a domestic violence call at a home near 2000 West Hadley Street .

The caller said he wanted to report that he had killed his girlfriend.

Police arrived and took 47-year-old Jeffrey Rael into custody.

Dig deeper:

Officers found a 31-year-old woman, Paxton Wallace, with multiple stab and "cutting-type" injuries consistent with a "sharp bladed instrument," the police department said. S

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police took Rael to a nearby hospital out of precaution, where he was later released. He was then booked into Maricopa County Jail for first-degree murder.

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