SF News Daly City Man Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Murdering Estranged Wife With Four-Year-Old Son in Next Room Justice was apparently finally served after it stumbled the first time around, as a man who initially got off on a mistrial was finally convicted and sentenced for killing his wife and then pointing the gun at her four-year-old son.
SF News 97-Year-Old Sacramento Woman Murdered, Grandson and His Girlfriend Arrested for the Killing A 40-year-old man and his romantic partner stand accused of killing the man’s 97-year-old Sacramento grandmother and dumping her in the trunk of a car, and they also allegedly emptied out the household’s safes.
SF News Two Men Face Charges for Oakland Murder of Man Whose Body Was Found Wrapped in Plastic Garbage Bag Seven weeks ago, Oakland Police found a dead body abandoned and wrapped in a garbage bag in West Oakland. Now they’re naming two suspects, one of whom has been arrested, and the other is still at large.
SF News Four Found Dead In Santa Rosa Senior Community From Apparent Homicide, Senior Community Obviously Shocked A Wednesday afternoon welfare check in the Santa Rosa senior community of Valle Vista found four people dead, and while police are ruling it a homicide, they’re not saying much more about the circumstances.
SF News Union City Man Found Guilty of 2021 Murder of Trans Drag Artist Natalia Smüt In what appears to be Santa Clara County’s first guilty verdict in a transgender domestic homicide case, a 25-year-old Union City man was convicted of killing then-24-year-old Natalia Smüt Lopez of San Jose.
SF News Stats Show SFPD Very Effective at Solving Murders, But Worst in the State at Solving Most Other Crimes The good news is that the SFPD solved 94% of all homicides committed in SF last year. The bad news is that SFPD ranks worst of all major California police departments in solving nearly every other form of crime.
SF News Two Dead After Thursday Napa Shooting, Suspect Shoots Own Self After Police Pursuit A Thursday morning shooting in the city of Napa left two people dead. A suspect was quickly identified and was chased by police, he shot himself, and he survived and has been taken into custody.
SF News Man Fatally Stabbed in Tenderloin Apartment on Labor Day, Suspect in Custody An unnamed man was stabbed and killed in a Leavenworth Street apartment on Monday afternoon, and a 37-year-old suspect was arrested for the killing shortly afterward.
SF News 37-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Murdered In San Mateo, Boyfriend Arrested While Apparently Fleeing to SoCal A yet-unidentified pregnant woman in San Mateo was killed Sunday, and the police department there identified her 33-year-old boyfriend Andrew Coleman as the suspect. He was arrested five hours later in West Covina, seemingly attempting to flee.
SF News Nearly Three-Hour Police Standoff In San Jose Ends With Discovery of Woman’s Dead Body San Jose police responded to reports of a possible shooting Monday night, with a suspect barricading himself inside a home for nearly three hours once they arrived, and a woman's dead body being found in the home after he surrendered.
SF News Well-Known Oakland Auto Repair Shop Owner Shot and Killed in His Own Store A 68-year-old Oakland auto repair shop owner, who once worked alongside Cesar Chavez in the United Farm Workers movement, was on the verge of retirement. But he was shot and killed in his shop, ending that dream.
SF News SFPD Makes Arrest In Late December Double-Stabbing in SoMa One man died and another woman was injured in a double-stabbing at around 5:30 a.m. on December 28 in SoMa. SFPD determined their suspect and arrested him last week, and he appears to have a history of armed robbery.
SF News Oakland Recorded Three Homicides In a 24-Hour Period on Saturday and Sunday Three people were shot and killed in separate incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning in Oakland, and Oakland has now seen four homicides in just the first week of 2024.
SF News Sex Worker Suspected of Homicide at Crissy Field Claims Self-Defense in Fatal Encounter More details have emerged in the case of the 20-year-old sex worker charged with the murder of a client whose body was found in a Crissy Field parking lot — she alleges that she shot him in self-defense after he discovered she was transgender and wanted a refund.
SF News Fisticuffs Break Out Outside SF Federal Courtroom as Gang Member Sentenced to 33 Years for Killings In a case where the sentenced killer had been well-connected with City Hall officials, a brawl broke out between the victim’s family and the defendant’s friends after Norteño gang member Fernando Madrigal was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
SF News Suspect Accused of Severing Santa Rosa Woman’s Head is At Large, Considered Armed and Dangerous A 24-year-old man is believed to have killed a relative and absconded with her severed head in Santa Rosa, and the suspect remains at large and is considered dangerous.
SF News Man Fatally Shot After Leaving Nightclub In Oakland's Uptown District An as-yet-unidentified 34-year-old man was shot and killed just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning near 19th Street and Broadway, marking Oakland’s 106th homicide of the year.
SF News Four SF Men Charged With Murder in Lower Haight June Homicide An early June shooting on the Lower Haight’s Rose Street took the life of 25-year-old Yeurra Blaylock III, but four San Francisco men have been arrested, charged, and are in custody for the killing.
SF News Suspect In Berkeley Hills Matricide Has Long Criminal Past, History of Mental Illness The 36-year-old man who was arrested for the fatal stabbing of his mother on Saturday, as well as stabbings that injured two others, has a long and troubled past with law enforcement, and he appears to have begun having psychiatric problems around age 18.
SF News Woman Fatally Stabbed In Berkeley Hills Home, Reportedly By Her Son A 60-year-old woman was stabbed in an apparent family conflict at a Berkeley hills home on Saturday, and two other people were injured in the attack, which police say was not random.
SF News 72-Year-Old Man Finally Convicted of 2010 Rape, Murder of Younger Woman in Mission District SRO It took 13 years, but prosecutors at long last won a rape and murder conviction of a 72-year-old man accused of killing and raping a 37-year-old woman in an incident dating back to 2010.
SF News Mentally Ill Man Jailed For Illegally Squatting Is Slain In Santa Rita Jail, Allegedly Killed By Cellmate Just three days after being admitted to Santa Rita Jail, an El Cerrito man suffering from schizophrenia was killed allegedly by his cellmate, in what’s shaping up to be another lawsuit against the often-troubled correctional facility.
SF News Seven Oakland Shootings Between Friday Night and Monday Leave Four People Dead A rash of shootings in Oakland between Friday night and about 3 a.m. Monday morning has left four victims dead, and as of yet, there are no arrests reported, suspects named, nor suspect descriptions released.
SF News Sunday Saw Three Separate Homicides in Oakland During a 15-Hour Period It was a deadly Sunday in Oakland, as the city saw four separate shootings and three homicides in a 15-hour period, though police believe all of the shootings are unrelated.
SF News SFPD Investigating After Fatal Shooting Near Mission Soccer Field Friday Officers located the gunshot victim on the 2400 block of Harrison Street, near John O’Connell Tech soccer field, around 3 p.m. Friday, but the victim soon died from injuries. No arrests have been made.
