Police on the Peninsula have arrested a Redwood City man on suspicion of murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in a home over the weekend.
On Sunday around 10:45 p.m., officers were called to a home on the 900 block of 7th Avenue, between Page Street and Bay Road, for a reported assault. The caller told police he had just stabbed the victim in the home they shared.
When police arrived, they found the caller outside the home and arrested him without incident.
Officers then entered the home and found the victim suffering from multiple stab wounds. Firefighters and paramedics provided emergency medical care to the woman, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her identity was not released.
Officers and police from neighboring Menlo Park were also called to the home to attend to what was described as a “large number of witnesses” to the incident. After the scene was secured, an investigation took place and the murder weapon was recovered.
The suspect, identified as 57-year-old Juan Antonio Garcia, was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on suspicion of murder and weapons offenses.
Police said Monday that Garcia is the only suspect and that there is no lasting danger to the public.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Redwood City Police Department Detective Vickie Jaimez at 650-780-7967.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, there are resources. The National Domestic Violence Hotline can be reached at 1-800-799-7233 (TDD: 1-800-787-3224) and offers free, private assistance in more than 100 languages. For those in San Mateo County, additional resources can be found on the county’s website.
