Crime & Safety

Have You Seen Him? Murder Suspect Sought in San Mateo Death

Police say this man is suspected of stabbing his girlfriend to death in San Mateo.

Police are searching for a man suspected of stabbing a woman to death in her San Mateo home this weekend.

The man, identified as 22-year-old Anthony Kirincic, is accused of killing his girlfriend in a domestic violence dispute on Saturday, according to police.

“Our Detectives worked throughout the night, and today continue their dogged pursuit of the suspect, who is still at large,” police said on Sunday. “SMPD takes Domestic Violence very personally, and our personnel are committed to bringing Anthony Kirincic to Justice.”

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It all started around noon on Saturday, when San Mateo police officers responded to the 1500 block of South B Street on Saturday after someone reported a stabbing, according to police. Officers found a woman, 34, inside her home with stab wounds and neither officers nor paramedics could keep her alive, according to police.

Allegedly, Kirincic stabbed the woman and then left the area, police said.

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“SMPD immediately set upon the task of locating the suspect, and were advised that the suspect’s vehicle was located unoccupied in a parking structure in the area of Holly St. and Industrial Ave. in San Carlos,” police said in a statement.

Law enforcement officers thought Kirincic was nearby in a medical clinic, but searched the clinic without finding him. The search ended at 5:15 p.m. at the Sutter Health San Carlos Urgent Care Center at 301 Industrial Road, San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Detective Salvador Zuno said.

Kirincic is considered to be armed and dangerous, Zuno said.

Anyone with information about Kirincic’s whereabouts is being asked to get in touch with San Mateo police Sgt. Teixeira at (650) 522-7700.

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