Crime & Safety
Oakland Man Found Guilty In 2024 Murder, Torture Of Bay Area Artist
Reidy Watts was the victim of two reported domestic violence incidents - one in San Francisco and one in Oakland, the DA's Office said.
July 1, 2026
A jury convicted an Oakland man in the 2024 torture and murder of a Bay Area artist, Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced Tuesday.
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Victor Frieson, 30, was found guilty of second-degree murder, torture, and corporal injury to a spouse with great bodily injury for the March 2024 murder of 25-year-old Zoe Nika Reidy Watts, a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and San Francisco State University graduate.
Frieson attacked Reidy Watts inside his Oakland apartment, inflicting what the DA's Office called "catastrophic injuries that resulted in her death." Evidence presented throughout the case showed that Reidy Watts and Frieson had been in an on-again, off-again relationship for less than one year.
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