We connected on what it means to be human and humane.” We shared in his vision for a kinder world. “The death of David Breaux is utterly and completely devastating,” Davis Mayor Will Arnold said. The 50-year-old was a fixture in the community known for regularly asking passersby about their views on compassion, according to a statement from the mayor and City Council that said he was “kind, soft-spoken and thoughtful, brilliant and selfless.”

Police work the scene of a stabbing in Davis on April 27. The suspect in Saturday’s killing is believed to be between 19 and 23 years old, police said, describing him as a “light-skinned male, possibly Hispanic,” standing between 5 feet, 7 inches and 5 feet, 8 inches tall with long curly hair. Tips have led police to make some arrests “on unrelated charges or outstanding warrants, although none of these individuals have been linked to the murders,” police said. “The Davis Police Department is working closely with all county law enforcement partners, including the FBI and the California Department of Justice, to support our ongoing investigation,” the release said. “Although there are common factors between these two brutal crimes, such as the brutal nature of the crimes and that the suspect likely used a knife, there are no known connections between the victims investigators are still determining whether the incidents are linked,” Davis police said in a news release Sunday. A student at the University of California, Davis was stabbed to death at a local park Saturday evening, days after a similar attack, prompting the involvement of state authorities and the FBI as police search for a suspect.Īuthorities are still working to determine any possible connection between Saturday’s killing of UC Davis senior Karim Abou Najm at Sycamore Park and last Thursday’s fatal stabbing of 50-year-old David Breaux at nearby Central Park.

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