The woman who told San Francisco police that she had fatally stabbed a man after he broke into her Bayview home has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said today.
Athena Wortham, 42, told police that she heard noises in her apartment on the 700 block of Kirkwood Avenue at about 4:47 a.m. Sunday, and that when she investigated she was confronted by a man who tried to choke her.
Wortham used a knife to stab the man, 40-year-old Anthony Payne of San Francisco, police said.
Investigators are looking into whether Wortham and Payne had a previous relationship, said police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi. Although she has been arrested, they are also still looking into whether she was acting in self-defense, he said.
"They're still determining whether or not she was a victim here," Manfredi said.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
UPDATE: 'Self-defense' stabber held on suspicion of murder
An update to yesterday's story from SFGate,
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