Fatal Petaluma Stabbing Victim Identified As Windsor Resident

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office Monday identified the person fatally stabbed early Sunday in downtown Petaluma as a Windsor man. The family of Cristian Nunez-Castro, 24, has been notified of his death, officials said.

Sunday, the Petaluma Police Department sought witnesses to the homicide, which was reported at about 1:40 a.m. — around the time many of the downtown bars and nightclubs were closing — in the 100 block of Kentucky Street, police said. Officers who were dispatched to the scene found a victim in the Golden Concourse, a pedestrian walkway between Kentucky and Keller streets.

The victim — now identified as Nunez-Castro — was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and died there, according to police.

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A second stabbing victim was treated at the scene and taken to the police department for questioning, police said.

Police believe that the suspect may have fled on foot to the Keller Street parking garage and gotten into a car there.

Late Sunday morning, Petaluma police detectives had not identified a suspect and did not know if the victim and suspect knew each other. Anyone who has information or who witnessed the incident is asked to call Detective Walt Spiller at 707-778-4372.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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