Man Fatally Stabbed by Suspect Who Skipped Prison Through Mental Health Diversion
FAIR OAKS, CA — “Just before 8 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Sacramento Sheriff’s North Patrol Deputies responded to the call of an assault on the 10000 block of Fair Oaks Boulevard in Fair Oaks.
Upon their arrival, they discovered a 40-year-old male on the ground in a parking lot, suffering from multiple stab wounds. Deputies began first-aid until Fire Department personnel arrived, when he was unfortunately pronounced deceased at the scene.
Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators responded to the scene, collected evidence, and interviewed witnesses.
Detectives learned that the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Jordan Murray, and other individuals engaged in a physical altercation with the victim.
All parties separated when the victim ultimately walked away.
A short time later, the victim encountered Murray and one of the individuals from the earlier fight. Murray produced a knife from his pocket and began swinging it at the victim, striking him at least one time in the chest, causing a mortal wound.
Detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau located Murray and took him into custody without incident in South Sacramento County. He has since been booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail and is scheduled to appear in court on May 22.
In May of 2024, Murray committed a robbery at a Dollar Tree on Sunrise Boulevard, where he sprayed an employee in the face with an unknown caustic chemical and fled the scene.
On June 27, 2024, Murray robbed another local area business in Fair Oaks, spraying an employee in the face with an unknown caustic chemical, before making off with an electric bike. As he tried to flee the scene, responding Sheriff’s Deputies were able to take him into custody and book him into jail.
In November of 2024, the courts granted Murray mental health diversion on both of those violent felonies, and released him from custody. Only six months after his release from jail, Murray committed this completely preventable murder.
