{"id":423370,"date":"2026-08-04T06:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423370\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T06:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:48:26","slug":"san-francisco-woman-sentenced-to-31-years-for-dismembering-roommate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423370\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco woman sentenced to 31 years for dismembering roommate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A San Francisco judge sentenced Lisa Gonzales, 55, to 31 years to life in prison for the 2018 murder and dismemberment of her roommate, Margaret Mamer, in their Mission District home, the district attorney\u2019s office announced today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Court records show Gonzales repeatedly demanded Mamer, 61, move out from their residence on the 200 block of 14th Street. Gonzales was the <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2018\/06\/grisly-dismemberment-homicide-jolts-14th-street-neighbors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">master tenant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The District Attorney\u2019s office said that, despite being offered various legal ways to evict Mamer, Gonzales said \u201cNo thanks, I\u2019ll do it my way.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Mammer had been reported missing on June 1, 2018, after friends grew concerned over her apparent disappearance. When the house\u2019s third roommate asked about Mamer, Gonzales reportedly replied \u201cshe left, but not the way she wanted to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamer\u2019s friends said they were aware of \u201cexisting tensions\u201d between her and Gonzales. The next day, a \u201cconcerned citizen\u201d reported to police, accusing Gonzales of murder. Police then arrived at the Mission District home and asked Gonzales about her roommate. Gonzales said her Mammer moved out of town to Eureka two weeks prior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police then searched Gonzales\u2019 home, and found the missing body in a <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2018\/06\/grisly-dismemberment-homicide-jolts-14th-street-neighbors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blue<\/a> plastic container in the house\u2019s basement. The San Francisco Police Department said further investigation found Mammer\u2019s blood spattered \u201call over Ms. Gonzales\u2019 bathroom, despite Ms. Gonzales having cleaned it with bleach.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to charging documents, Mamer could have died anytime between May 13 and June 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The death came via \u201cmultiple sharp force injuries to the face, head, and chest,\u201d an autopsy by police investigators revealed. Gonzales was sentenced for second degree murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe court\u2019s sentence will ensure that Ms. Gonzales is held accountable for this heinous crime,\u201d San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the victim\u2019s family and friends had to wait far too long for this day to come, we are grateful for their trust in our office and the team on this case to deliver justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Francisco judge sentenced Lisa Gonzales, 55, to 31 years to life in prison for the 2018&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[723,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-423370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-crime","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}