Case # 17CF2332
Date: September 20, 2017
MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR STABBING-MURDER OF WIFE IN SANTA ANA APARTMENT
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for the stabbing-murder of his wife in a Santa Ana apartment.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Mark Lewis Amacher Jr., 38, Santa Ana |
Charged today with:
Sentencing Enhancement
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27 years to life in state prison |
Arraignment Sept. 20, 2017, time to be determined Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana |
Circumstances of the Case
- On Sept. 18, 2017, at approximately 2:45 a.m., Amacher is accused of stabbing his wife, 58-year-old Carrie Beckett, multiple times in the chest in the living room of a Santa Ana apartment.
- The defendant is accused of violating a restraining order by being in contact with the victim.
- Amacher is accused of calling an acquaintance, who called 911.
- The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) responded and located the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of multiple stab wounds.
- SAPD arrested Amacher at the scene. The defendant’s acquaintance was arrested for an unrelated warrant.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Mark Birney, Homicide Unit