Daly City Pleads No Contest in Beating Death of Girlfriend

By Bay City News Service:

A Daly City man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for the beating death last year of his girlfriend of 30 years, San Mateo County prosecutors say.

On the third day of his jury trial Monday, Daniel Thomas, 67, changed his plea to the murder charge and admitted inflicting great bodily injury on his common-law wife, 65-year-old Ruby Gim. The plea was not part of a deal with prosecutors but Thomas is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 17 to 15 years to life in prison.

Gim was found dead at 7:40 a.m. on April 30, 2014, in the bedroom of the home the couple had shared in the 400 block of Florence Street. The two had shared the home for decades, but Thomas had recently been issued a restraining order against Gim for continuing domestic violence. Despite the restraining order, he was found at the home when police discovered Gim’s body.

Thomas initially denied being responsible for her injuries, but he was arrested for the restraining order violation and later charged with murder.

Gim managed senior programs at the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center in San Francisco. Her supporters packed Thomas’s court appearances last year and appeared with signs calling for “Justice for Ruby Gim.”

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