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Jul 15, 2008 1:35 pm US/Pacific
Not Guilty Plea In Killing Of Celebrated SF Father
SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ―
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Kenneth Arthur Jr.
Habitat For Humanity
A 22-year-old woman facing murder charges in connection with the April stabbing death of a San Francisco father of three pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court.
Natasha McJimsey, of East Palo Alto, is one of two people suspected in the killing of Kenneth Arthur Jr., a celebrated recipient of the first Habitat for Humanity home in San Francisco.
Arthur, 46, was found stabbed to death on April 21 at about 12:30 a.m. at Thomas Avenue and Griffith Street, near his home in San Francisco's Bayview District.
The other suspect, 30-year-old David Earby Jr., of San Francisco, was killed in an unrelated motorcycle accident in Contra Costa County only days later.
Authorities believe the stabbing was over a debt Arthur owed the suspects.
In court Tuesday morning, McJimsey, who was arrested at her home last week on a $2 million murder warrant, entered a not guilty plea to the charge. She is due back in court for a hearing Aug. 13.
Arthur became Habitat for Humanity San Francisco's first homeowner in the city in 1996, according to the organization. On April 16, he emceed a Habitat for Humanity gala fundraiser and awards event attended by Mayor Gavin Newsom.
Arthur left behind a wife and three sons.
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