A person in California has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a girl to dying – after which sharing a video of the grisly homicide on social media. Warning, Perezcious readers, the main points are past horrific.
In keeping with the San Mateo Police Division, they acquired a name a little bit earlier than 4 p.m. on Wednesday from the Nye County Sheriff’s Workplace in Nevada. They known as SMPD after receiving a report from somebody who witnessed a “stabbing” on Fb and supplied them with the identify and telephone variety of the one that 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 stated:
“Mechikoff mercilessly filmed the final moments of the sufferer’s life and posted the video to Fb, then fled the realm.”
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The San Mateo Police Division public info officer Jerami Surratt added to NBC Bay Space:
“It’s fairly hideous what that video contained. Not solely was there a sufferer that in the end misplaced her life, which is unhealthy sufficient, for him to take it a step additional and submit a video about it’s fairly disturbing.”
The clip of the graphic crime shortly popped up on the feeds of Mechikoff’s associates on Fb, together with his childhood acquaintance Ryan Lenahan. He recalled to KTVU a number of the contents within the video, saying:
“There was an individual bleeding out, [he was] standing over the individual, repeating Bible verses and different forms of incoherent nonsense.”
Upon seeing the video, Lenhan known 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 simply speaking all kinds of babble, and he gave the impression to be in the identical location because the crime came about.”
That’s when Lenahan known as the police. From there, the sheriff’s workplace in Nevada “pinged” Mechikoff’s telephone 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 an actual house quantity and proceeded to go door-to-door to find the sufferer and Mechikoff. Per police, they spent “3 hours of systematically looking” for the place earlier than discovering the deceased lady in one of many flats.
However the suspect was nowhere to be discovered on the scene. Fortuitously, it didn’t take police lengthy to trace Mechikoff down. They discovered him inside two hours and arrested him “with out incident.” Per NBC Bay Space, police stated he had the suspected homicide weapon on him when he was apprehended.
Whereas the motive for the crime is unknown presently, Mechikoff “had recognized” the sufferer – who was later recognized by prosecutors as Claribel Estrella. The extent of the connection is unclear. ABC Information reported that the San Mateo County District Lawyer’s Workplace 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 lady. Our heartbreaks for her family members following this tragedy. Right now, ABC Information reported Mechikoff has not entered a plea regardless of showing in court docket on Friday. His arraignment was postponed for every week whereas ready for him to be given a court-appointed lawyer.
[Image via San Mateo Sheriff’s Office]
