From Kim Minugh:
A mother and son arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 35-year-old man in Carmichael this weekend have not been charged with murder.
Regina Leigh Grant, 47, was released from jail Tuesday without having been charged with any crimes, according to jail booking and court records. Her son, 23-year-old Gerardo Verde Hernandez, remains in custody on an unrelated burglary charge and is being held in lieu of $90,000 bail.
Grant and Hernandez were arrested Sunday morning after Sacramento County sheriff's deputies responded to an apartment complex in the 5300 block of Marconi Avenue and found David Dale Fry lying on the ground, according to authorities. He had been stabbed and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Witnesses interviewed at the time indicated that Grant and Hernandez had fought with Fry before the stabbing, and they were arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of murder, said sheriff's Sgt. Tim Curran. However, witnesses interviewed later provided conflicting accounts, and the District Attorney's office declined to charge the pair with murder, Curran said.
During the course of the homicide investigation, detectives were alerted to an unrelated burglary, and Hernandez is suspected in that crime, said homicide Sgt. Micki Links.
The homicide investigation continues and that neither Grant nor Hernandez have been ruled out as suspects, Curran said.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call detectives at (916) 874-5115 or Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP. Callers can remain anonymous and might be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.
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