Oakland man with history of attacking women, kills 71 year old woman

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

A homeless Oakland man is in custody and accused of stabbing a beloved mother and United States Post Office worker more than 12 times as she was on her way home from her night shift.

Wilbert Winchester, 28, was arrested shortly after the vicious attack in Dilma Franks-Spruill, 71, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two days earlier, Winchester was accused of stabbing a 59-year-old woman on a bus in Oakland.

He is also the suspect in several other similar attacks involving a metal pole and a box cutter that occurred in the same area.

The suspect has a lengthy history of attacking women in public, in 2017 Winchester kicked a 73-year-old woman in the head on a train, resulting in her being hospitalized.

After being charged with assault, he agreed to a plea bargain in 2018 and was sentenced to three years in prison with a year's credit for time served. He was released in 2020.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/wilbert-winchester-28-stabs-beloved-usps-worker-71-to-death-as-she-walked-home-from-night-shift/ar-AA16mlYn

[diane in sf]

1. He should have been in a lock up for the criminally insane after the first or second attack.

[cate94]

2. +1000

[SheltieLover]

3. Absolutely!

Why do they keep letting violent people out?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. definitely. How many women is one allowed to stab and walk free?

[CousinIT]

4. Still working at 71. WOW. The murderer should have been PERMANENTLY locked up long before.

There is no excuse for either of these things:

1. In the richest country in the world (nevermind we have only a few hoarding all the wealth, but THAT can and should be fixed) - no one should have to work beyond normal retirement age. If they just want to work, that's different but no one should HAVE to. So that's some bullshit.
2. A murderous misogynist with a "history of attacking women in public" was sentenced to ONLY 3 YEARS? That's bullshit. Maybe we should let the people in the prisons for minor offenses (weed) OUT and make room for these assholes. It's not rocket science.

None of this is rocket science. All of it is preventable. America is one fucked-up shithole thanks to Republicans.