Peninsula Man Learns Fate For Killing Girlfriend

SAN MATEO, CA — A San Mateo man was sentenced to 26 years to life Wednesday for stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2015, prosecutors said. Anthony Kirincic, 24, was found guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court in March of first-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Colleen Straw.

The jury also returned a verdict finding that Kirincic was sane at the time of the crime.

Kirincic was 22 and was out of jail for just a few days when he went to Straw's house on Nov. 28, 2015, and stabbed her. Straw, who lived in the 1500 block of South B Street in San Mateo, died at her home.

Five members of Straw's family addressed the court during Wednesday's hearing, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti.

In addition to a 25-years-to-life sentence for murder, Kirincic was also sentenced by Judge Lisa Novak to an additional year for using a knife in the crime, Guidotti said.

Kirincic's attorney Savas Loukedis was not immediately available for comment.

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