Sebastopol Woman Allegedly Stabs Her Mother to Death

By: Sylvia Ramirez - Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:45:26 -0800

SEBASTOPOL (BCN) -- A Sebastopol-area woman is in custody after allegedly fatally stabbing her 59-year-old mother Monday morning, a Sonoma County sheriff's  lieutenant said.
     
Julie Franzen, 24, was arrested for murder shortly after the body  of Nancy Franzen was found around 8 a.m. in the home they shared in the 7900  block of Tocchini Street north of Sebastopol, sheriff's Lt. Dennis O'Leary  said.
     
Deputies recovered what is believed to be the murder weapon, a  large kitchen knife, in what O'Leary described as "a bloody crime scene" at  the home, which had blood on the floor and furniture.
     
He said the fatal assault took place in multiple areas of the  house.
     
No motive for the murder is known, O'Leary said. He said the  sheriff's office has responded to incidents at the home in the past.
     
Deputies responded around 8 a.m. after Julie Franzen showed up at  her next-door neighbor's house with a knife and blood on her hands.
     
She told her neighbor she had just killed someone, sheriff's Lt.  Steve Brown said.
     
Deputies found Nancy Franzen's body on the floor of a bedroom. An  autopsy will be done Tuesday or Wednesday, and Franzen likely will be  arraigned in court Wednesday, O'Leary said.

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