{"id":460477,"date":"2026-09-11T11:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460477\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:42:14","slug":"update-sjpd-arrests-suspect-for-homicide-17-of-2026-news-announcements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460477\/","title":{"rendered":"***UPDATE*** SJPD Arrests Suspect for Homicide #17 of 2026 | News &#038; Announcements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On August 28, 2026, at approximately 1:53 PM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a report of a suspicious circumstance in the 700 block of Linda Vista Street. When Officers arrived, they located an unconscious and unresponsive adult female inside the residence suffering from unknown injuries. The victim succumbed to her injuries and medical personnel on scene pronounced her deceased. <\/p>\n<p>The SJPD Homicide Unit responded to the scene to assist with the investigation. With additional assistance from the Santa Clara County Crime Lab and Santa Clara County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office, evidence was located at the scene and the victim was found to be suffering from at least one stab wound. This investigation was ruled a homicide. <\/p>\n<p>Preliminary information revealed the victim and suspect were known to each other and an adult female suspect, Anila Baby, was quickly identified. <\/p>\n<p>On August 28, 2026, the Milpitas Police Department located and arrested Suspect Baby in the city of Milpitas and later booked her into Santa Clara County Main Jail for a separate incident.<\/p>\n<p>On September 8, 2026, the Santa Clara County District Attorney\u2019s Office reviewed the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department\u2019s homicide investigation and subsequently charged the suspect with murder.<\/p>\n<p>The motive and circumstances surrounding the event are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This incident was the City&#8217;s 17th homicide of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Taylor #4257 or Detective Van Brande #4542, of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department\u2019s Homicide Unit via email at: <a href=\"mailto:4257@sanjoseca.gov\">4257@sanjoseca.gov<\/a>, and\/or <a href=\"mailto:4542@sanjoseca.gov\">4542@sanjoseca.gov<\/a>, or at 408-277-5283.<\/p>\n<p>Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=504&amp;C=&amp;T=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">P3TIPS mobile app<\/a>, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleycrimestoppers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers website<\/a>. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 On August 28, 2026, at approximately 1:53 PM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-460477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460477","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=460477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}