Inset: Kirsten Castle (GoFundMe). Background: The house in San Mateo, California, where Castle was strangled to death (Google Maps).
A cascading tragedy in the San Francisco Bay Area unfolded for multiple families earlier this month when a pregnant mother of four was strangled to death — just weeks before her fifth child was due.
Calcifying the horror of the loss, the body of Kirsten Castle, 37, was discovered on the night of Aug. 4 by her 10-year-old daughter.
Andrew Coleman, 32, stands accused of two counts of murder in the first degree, according to San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and jail records. The premeditated homicide charges for the death of Castle and their unborn child also carry special circumstances allegations, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
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On the night in question, the 10-year-old girl — the victim’s daughter from a prior relationship — was dropped off at home on South B Street. She found her mother dead, naked from the waist up, in a family room and dialed 911, according to The Mercury News .