Overview
- Deputies responded to reports of a stabbing near Merritt and Preston streets where a man with an apparent stab wound was taken to a hospital and later died.
- Police identified and booked 28-year-old Robert Lee Jeffrey of Monterey on suspicion of murder and for allegedly personally using a deadly weapon, with bail listed at about $1.02 million.
- News accounts contain conflicting details about Jeffrey’s arrest, with one report saying he was taken into custody around 5 a.m. and another saying investigators arrested him about 5 p.m. on Hannon Avenue in Monterey.
- The sheriff’s office initially said multiple men were seen running from the scene and has asked residents and businesses for doorbell or surveillance footage; a separate person was arrested at the scene for interfering with emergency personnel and is not tied to the homicide.
- Detectives say the investigation is active and they are determining whether more suspects will be sought while urging anyone with information to contact the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.