Oakland man with history of attacking women, kills 71 year old woman

A homeless Oakland man is in custody and accused of stabbing a beloved mother and United States Post Office worker more than 12 times as she was on her way home from her night shift.

Wilbert Winchester, 28, was arrested shortly after the vicious attack in Dilma Franks-Spruill, 71, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Two days earlier, Winchester was accused of stabbing a 59-year-old woman on a bus in Oakland.

He is also the suspect in several other similar attacks involving a metal pole and a box cutter that occurred in the same area.

The suspect has a lengthy history of attacking women in public, in 2017 Winchester kicked a 73-year-old woman in the head on a train, resulting in her being hospitalized.

After being charged with assault, he agreed to a plea bargain in 2018 and was sentenced to three years in prison with a year's credit for time served. He was released in 2020.

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