Extreme Makeover: Home Edition star Eduardo Xol has passed away at the age of 58.
Xol died on Friday, ten days after being stabbed in his apartment in downtown Palm Springs, California, according to the Desert sun.
The interior designer was found with “significant injuries consistent with an assault” on Sept. 10 after calling 911 for help.
Xol reportedly told police he had been stabbed, but did not identify any suspects.
However, police have charged Richard Joseph Gonzales, 34, with attempted murder in the stabbing, and officials will now ask that the charge be upgraded to murder.
Extreme Makeover star Eduardo Xol dies aged 58
Police have charged Richard Joseph Gonzales, 34, with murder in the stabbing.
Gonzales reportedly called police the day Xol was found with stab wounds and claimed he had been the victim of an assault the night before.
Investigators later determined he was a suspect in Xol’s stabbing and he was arrested.
Xol joined the cast of Extreme Makeover in its second season, which aired on ABC in 2007.
She also acted in several soap operas earlier in her career.
Former People en Español editor-in-chief Richard Pérez-Feria honored Xol on Instagram following the news of his death.
“It is almost incomprehensible that I am writing this post as a farewell to someone who has been so present, so important in my life,” Pérez-Feria wrote.
“When I heard that Eduardo Xol had passed away, I was paralyzed. It was impossible to process that information because it didn’t fit with my thousands of experiences with him.
‘Please don’t ask me how or why at this time…what matters most is who he was: a talented, beautiful, passionate friend, brother, son, and partner…I send healing love at this horrible time to his circle of friends and family who loved him so much. Sadly, tomorrow is not promised. Love one another. Rest in peace, Eduardo.
