Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of retired public defender
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a retired San Francisco public defender, officials said.
Angelo Zamora, 19, was arrested at 11:03 a.m. Friday and was in sheriff’s custody at San Francisco General Hospital, a sheriff’s department spokeswoman told CBS News. Zamora was booked on one count of murder, according to jail records.
Marla Zamora, who was killed at her Potrero Hill home, is the great aunt of the suspect, according to the news outlet. Officers dispatched to Zamora’s residence late Friday morning found her body in the backyard, police said.
Marla Zamora served as a public defender for three decades and was the office’s principal trial attorney before she retired in 2007 and went into private practice.
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One of her high-profile cases involved the 2012 killings of a San Francisco father and two of his sons, according to the Associated Press. Marla Zamora defended gang member Edwin Ramos, who was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths.
Public defender Jeff Adachi, who had worked with Marla Zamora, was shocked at the news of her death.
“She worked in our office for nearly 30 years before retiring to enter private practice,” Adachi told the San Francisco Chronicle. “She was a fearless advocate for her clients.”
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