One woman dead and another jailed after stabbing in West Sacramento, police say
One woman is dead from a stabbing and another has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a reported fight Wednesday afternoon in West Sacramento, police said.
About 12:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of a fight with weapons in the 900 block of Sacramento Avenue, according to a news release from the West Sacramento Police Department.
The department’s dispatch center received several 911 calls reporting two women were fighting and one of them was armed with a knife, police said.
Officers arrived and found one woman who appeared to have suffered at least one stab wound to her upper torso, according to the news release. Officers performed life-saving measures on her before she was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.
The Yolo County Coroner’s Office on Thursday afternoon released the name of Raechel McGrath, 32, of West Sacramento, who was the woman killed in Wednesday’s stabbing.
Police said the officers at the scene detained one woman, who was identified by independent witnesses as the suspect in the deadly confrontation.
On Thursday, the agency said detectives arrested Esther Garcia, 53, of West Sacramento after the incident. Garcia was booked into the Yolo County Jail on suspicion of murder, where she remains without bail. She’ll next appear in court at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Detectives were conducting a follow-up investigation to determine whether the suspect and victim knew each other and the motive for the stabbing. Police officials said they will release more information as soon as it becomes available.
This story was originally published October 7, 2020 at 3:50 PM.
