More details are emerging about the relationship between a slain Sacramento woman and the man who allegedly killed her before burning her body in the Lower Haight this week.
The suspect, 29-year-old Almon Johnson, is the father of Vanessa Herrera’s 7-month-old son, family members said Thursday.
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The man accused of killing a Sacramento woman and torching her body and car in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood early Monday is being charged with murder and arson, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Almon Johnson, 29, is expected to be arraigned on the charges in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday morning, District Attorney's Office spokesman Seth Steward said.
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A fatal stabbing in the Lower Haight neighborhood during a fight last week has been deemed self-defense, keeping the alleged stabber from facing criminal charges.
The man, who has not been identified, was allegedly assaulted by Anthony Jones, 53, at about 10:50 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Page Street, police said.
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A 29-year-old man is believed to have killed a woman in her twenties in Sacramento before driving her body to San Francisco and lighting on fire her and the car he drove, according to police officials.San Francisco police did not reveal the relationship between the suspect Almon Johnson and the victim Vanessa Herrera, but they said Johnson had ties to The City.
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With at least eight homicides in the first 24 days of the New Year, questions are being raised if The City is doing enough to counter what could be a rising tide of violence.
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Anthony Jones, 53, has been identified as the man who was stabbed to death Friday during a vicious brawl in the Lower Haight neighborhood, authorities said.Jones was stabbed after he brutally beat a 43-year-old man with a shovel in the 500 block of Page Street after 10:30 a.m. The 43-year-old then fatally stabbed Jones, witnesses said.
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A charred female's body was discovered in a car that caught fire in the Lower Haight early Monday, police said.Firefighters made the grisly find after putting out the fire on Rose Street near Webster Street around 3:30 a.m. The body was in the passenger-side seat of the two-door Pontiac, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Police don’t yet know whether it was a homicide or an accident, Esparza said.“The body was pretty severely burnt,” he said.
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San Francisco police are again asking the public’s help in catching Philip DiMartino’s killer.The 36-year-old marketing executive was brutally stabbed in his Lower Haight apartment on Hermann Street. A concerned co-worker visited the apartment on Aug. 2 after DiMartino, pictured, failed to arrive at work. The co-worker saw the body through a window and called police.
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A business at Haight and Webster streets was robbed Wednesday night, police said. Six black men, between the ages of 18 and 24, entered the business around 6:15 p.m. and were told by the 28-year-old merchant they were closed, cops said. One of the crooks pulled out a gun and threatened the victim while the others tied him up and robbed the store, police said. The victim wasn’t injured and no arrests have been made, cops said.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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The passenger of a car assaulted a jogger who complained the vehicle’s driver had cut him off at a city crosswalk Monday, police said.
The runner was in the crosswalk at Page and Laguna streets around 8:15 a.m. when he was cut off, police said, citing “many witnesses.”
The runner stopped, placed his hands on the driver’s window and asked, “Why did you do this?” police said.
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