Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested in Gruesome SF Murder of 5
Police executed search warrants in San Francisco and San Mateo County on Sunday morning and arrested a San Francisco resident in connection with the murders.
San Francisco police have made an arrest in the murder of five people found dead at 16 Howth Street early Friday morning.
According to SFGate.com, the suspect has been identified as Binh Thai Luc, 35, who has been charged with five counts of murder.
Police executed search warrants in San Francisco and San Mateo County on Sunday morning and arrested a San Francisco resident in connection with the murders, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr said.
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The medical examiner is still trying to confirm the cause of death and the identities of the five people found dead in the two-story Ingleside home, Suhr said.
Three of the victims were discovered around 7:45 a.m. Friday by a family member with a key, who called 911. Police found the other two victims in another part of the house.
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A man was found in the threshold of the home, while a man and woman were found in the garage, another woman was found upstairs and a third woman was found downstairs, Suhr said.
-- Bay City News Service
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