Exclusive: Fairfield murder suspect confessed to police dispatcher before arrest
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A Fairfield man who was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday evening confessed to the crime hours before police detained him, Solano NewsNet has learned.
In a press release issued Tuesday afternoon, the Fairfield Police Department said Deion Jeremiah Lloyd Diamond, 26, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the stabbing death of 56-year-old Charles Parsons.
As first reported by Solano NewsNet on Monday, police were called to a local hospital around 1 p.m. after Parsons was dropped off with a stab wound to the chest. He later died at the hospital from his injury.
Around the same time, police were called to a liquor store along the 1300 block of West Texas Street, where eyewitnesses reported an altercation had taken place. Officers eventually drew the conclusion that the two incidents were linked, the police department said.
Nearly a half-hour after the stabbing took place, Diamond called a police dispatcher and said he was the person who stabbed Parsons, according to two people familiar with the incident. Diamond claimed the stabbing was in “self-defense,” but officers later determined he and another man, 43-year-old Ronnie Kaufman, were involved in a robbery that spiraled out of control.
Officers detained several people at the scene of the incident and later tracked down a gold-colored minivan that was linked to the robbery. A bloody knife was located in the backyard of a home not too far away from the stabbing scene, a source confirmed.
Kaufman was eventually arrested on suspicion of robbery and Diamond on suspicion of murder. Both men were booked into the Solano County Jail late Monday evening.
Police say they are still searching for eyewitnesses who may have additional information about what happened. Those who want to speak with a detective are asked to call 707-428-7600.
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