Technology when cds are still around . And those can get filed directly with the court. Its voluntary in that the court cannot force you to take medications or put you into a locked facility. But youre still having to come to court. The courts still going to order a treatment plan for you. So theres that aspect of it that makes it somewhat coercive. The San Francisco Public Defenders Office says even though participation in the care Court Program is voluntary, judges have the last say. The Mental Health association of San Francisco opposes care court, citing not enough resources to help everyone in need. San francisco has about 2500 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment beds and is adding more Mental Health advocates who say thats not enough and under the care court, judges can find the city and county if they dont provide the necessary help. And beds for people in need. Live in the newsroom, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. Were now getting more reaction to
Happened just weeks apart. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley martinez. Police confirmed to us tonight that the suspect charged in the vallejo case, fred kane, the third, is now a person of interest in the martinez murder case as well. Abc seven News Reporter j. R stone is in the newsroom with new information that goes back all the way back to 1987. It certainly does. Dan on the same day that authorities brought suspected murderer fred kane, the third back to california from oregon where he was arrested. He was named a person of interest by another Law Enforcement agency, tsay. In another case. Its now been more than 36 years since nine year old eric coy was killed after leaving to go to his cousin and best friends house in martinez , california. The boy was brutally murdered just minutes after leaving his house, stabbed with a blunt object for the last two days. That play site has been a grim searching zone for police. No one was ever convicted of the killing, but n
Reuniting with his family. And welcome home. Thats nightline for this ev a cold case in vallejo thrown wide open using dna is now renewing interest in another unsolved murder. A man living in oregon now facing charges for the abduction, Sexual Assault and murder of a six year old boy in vallejo more than three decades ago. But new tonight, detectives are now looking at him in the murder of a young boy in martinez. The two killings happened just weeks apart. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley martinez. Police confirmed to us tonight that the suspect charged in the vallejo case, fred kane, the third, is now a person of interest in the martinez murder case as well. Abc seven News Reporter j. R stone is in the newsroom with new information that goes back all the way back to 1987. It certainly does. Dan on the same day that authorities brought suspected murderer fred kane, the third back to california from oregon where he was arrested. He was named a person of interest by
Effect. And heres whats different about this program. It expands the range of people who can file a petition for someone to get Mental Health help, not only family members can petition now, but also First Responders who may encounter someone on our streets. San francisco is gearing up to bring Mental Health care treatment into court. A care court is really an opportunity me to support individuals with untreated Mental Illness in the community and provide Community Based treatment so individuals can file petitions directly with the court. And care court allows for a wide range of petitioners, including First Responder hours family members, somebody who lives with an individual whos worried about them. And those can get filed directly with the court. San franciscos department of Public Health says this program will help them to tackle Mental Health differently, with potentially thousands on our streets qualifying when we look at the program, one of the criteria that somebody has to be su
According to the San Francisco fire department, a man working on a sewer line here near the corner of oak and to visit daraa was trapped beneath 8 to 10 feet of dirt and concrete. When the trench around him collapsed upon arrival, fire crews immediately launched an effort to dig down and rescue him. It took over 2 hours in over 50 firefighters working together actively reach the individual. The individual for signs of life . Unfortunately, 2 hours into this, its that were naming this a fatal incident. At this point, its unclear why the trench collapsed according to the San Francisco peuc. The victim was a private contractor working on the sewer line for the city. There are now multiple agencies investigating this death. We have inspectors on the scene now that are looking to what happened. With the trench failure during this work project, how is also on the scene investigating. Were doing everything we to cooperate with to find out what happened. As of thursday afternoon, the identity