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San Francisco Social Worker’s Accused Killer Still in Hospital

Suspect Wilfredo Tortolero-Arriechi missed arraignment due to mental health issues while held in a locked psychiatric ward at SF General, prompting security reviews and increased protections.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man who is accused of stabbing a social worker to death inside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is currently being held in custody at the same hospital. Wilfredo Jose Tortolero Arriechi, 34, of San Francisco, is charged with murdering social worker Alberto Rangel. On Tuesday afternoon, Arriechi did not show up for his first court date at the Hall of Justice. His public defender told a judge that Arriechi is in …

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The death of the 51-year-old social worker Alberto Rangel moved even colleagues who never met him, so throughout this week they are holding a vigil in his honor every night outside the General Zuckerberg Hospital in San Francisco. It was at that hospital that the police said Alberto was stabbed by a patient on Thursday. Alberto died two days later. Telemundo 48 spoke to one of his friends and co-worker who preferred not to be identified. They we…

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NBC Bay Area broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
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