Emeryville man arrested in connection with stabbing death of Cash App exec Bob Lee

By KTVU staff | Published April 13, 2023 7:59AM | Updated 9:42AM | San Francisco | KTVU FOX 2 |

EMERYVILLE, Calif. - San Francisco police have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing death of Cash App tech founder Bob Lee, according to his former wife. ... In an interview on Thursday morning, Krista Lee confirmed that police arrested an Emeryville man in connection with her ex-husband's stabbing death.

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San Francisco police and the district attorney are holding a news conference at 12:30 p.m., which will be livestreamed here.

Mission Local first broke the news that police arrested the man, who also works in tech and knew the 43-year-old Lee. ... Krista Lee said she believes the man knew her husband, but she is perplexed as to the motive behind the violent attack.

Lee was killed April 4 on Main Street at about 2:30 a.m. in the densely populated Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, near Google’s office and Oracle Park, home to the San Francisco Giants.

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