A person in California has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a girl to loss of life – after which sharing a video of the grisly homicide on social media. Warning, Perezcious readers, the small print are past horrific.
According to the San Mateo Police Department, they acquired a name slightly earlier than 4 p.m. on Wednesday from the Nye County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada. They referred to as SMPD after receiving a report from somebody who witnessed a “stabbing” on Facebook and offered them with the identify and cellphone variety of the one who uploaded the heinous story. The sheriff’s workplace in Nevada “pinged” the quantity related to the social media account and traced it to a big house complicated in San Mateo. It turned out the web page belonged to 39-year-old Mark Mechikoff of Pacifica, California. SMPD mentioned:
“Mechikoff mercilessly filmed the last moments of the victim’s life and posted the video to Facebook, then fled the area.”
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The San Mateo Police Department public data officer Jerami Surratt added to NBC Bay Area:
“It’s pretty hideous what that video contained. Not only was there a victim that ultimately lost her life, which is bad enough, for him to take it a step further and post a video about it is pretty disturbing.”
The clip of the graphic crime shortly popped up on the feeds of Mechikoff’s associates on Facebook, together with his childhood acquaintance Ryan Lenahan. He recalled to KTVU a few of the contents within the video, saying:
“There was a person bleeding out, [he was] standing over the person, repeating Bible verses and other types of incoherent nonsense.”
Upon seeing the video, Lenhan referred to as Mechikoff “sick” within the feedback after which added, “I hope you’re in custody.” Oddly sufficient, two hours later, he acquired a name from the suspect:
“He was just talking all sorts of babble, and he appeared to be in the same location as the crime took place.”
That’s when Lenahan referred to as the police. From there, the sheriff’s workplace in Nevada “pinged” Mechikoff’s cellphone and traced it to a big house complicated in San Mateo, California earlier than contacting the native authorities. When SMPD officers arrived on the scene, they didn’t have a precise house quantity and proceeded to go door-to-door to find the sufferer and Mechikoff. Per police, they spent “3 hours of systematically searching” for the place earlier than discovering the deceased girl in one of many flats.
But the suspect was nowhere to be discovered on the scene. Fortunately, it didn’t take police lengthy to trace Mechikoff down. They discovered him inside two hours and arrested him “without incident.” Per NBC Bay Area, police mentioned he had the suspected homicide weapon on him when he was apprehended.
While the motive for the crime is unknown at the moment, Mechikoff “had known” the sufferer – who was later recognized by prosecutors as Claribel Estrella. The extent of the connection is unclear. ABC News reported that the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office has since charged him with a single depend of homicide with enhancements for inflicting nice bodily damage and the usage of a knife.
It’s terrible what occurred to this girl. Our heartbreaks for her family members following this tragedy. At this time, ABC News reported Mechikoff has not entered a plea regardless of showing in court docket on Friday. His arraignment was postponed for per week whereas ready for him to be given a court-appointed legal professional.
[Image via San Mateo Sheriff’s Office]
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