
""What happened was the son felt something didn't feel right, so he started reviewing the video. As he's reviewing it, he saw the suspect basically grab a plastic bag and a pillow, put it over the victim's face suffocating him on camera.""
""This is a straight up, cold malice murder," said Sergeant Juan Valencia from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department."
""Detectives did speak with the suspect and he basically said he was tired of providing for his father-in-law who was 94 years old.""
The murder of a 94-year-old man in Santa Rosa, initially thought to be from natural causes, was revealed to be homicide through security footage. The footage showed the suspect, the victim's 71-year-old son-in-law, suffocating the elderly man with a plastic bag and pillow. The motive suggested by the suspect indicated frustration over caregiving responsibilities. Neighbors expressed shock and disbelief regarding the suspect's character, while law enforcement labeled the act as cold malice murder.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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