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The San Francisco Police Department has turned to the general public for any leads in solving an April robbery in SoMa that left a 63-year-old woman dead. On April 10 in front of 680 Folsom Street, an unknown man robbed Helen Canafax, described by police as "a popular and generous woman who often gave money to the homeless." During the altercation, she was knocked to the pavement; she later suffered an embolism and died several weeks later. Helen CanafaxThe suspect fled across t
Helen CanafaxHomicide Inspector Richard Martin told SF Weekly that he's hopeful a man he arrested on May 7 on an outstanding felony warrant could be the mugger police are seeking behind last month's fatal purse snatching of 63-year-old Helen Canafax -- but more witnesses could be needed to prove the allegations. Canafax was robbed and knocked to the ground by a 35-to-40-year-old black male assailant on April 10, breaking her hip. Earlier this month she died of a pulmonary embolism possibly relat
The man on the left is the suspect for a fatal April mugging; at right is his buddyPolice on Wednesday released the above sketch of the mugger who may be responsible for the death of 63-year-old Helen Canafax, and the alleged mugger's pal (right). SF Weekly has written a bit about Canafax, a woman known for her lifelong generosity to the homeless. Several weeks after a violent purse-snatching in front of 680 Folsom Street, she died on May 2 after a blood clot became lodged in her heart; the pulm
View Larger MapThis has not been a good stretch for residents of Tenderloin hotels -- who never lead the easiest of lives. SF Weekly has written a bit about how an "ongoing dispute" between two tenants at the Rose Hotel led 50-year-old William Pious to walk into the room of his sleeping neighbor and douse the man in boiling cooking oil. That's more bizarre and eye-catching than the events half a mile down the road at the Vincent Hotel at 459 Turk Street -- but, to this point, less fatal. A man w
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