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The Sacramento Brief Thursday August 27, 2026 | A Year Later: Arrest Made in Sacramento Infant Homicide · The Sacramento Brief

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  Good morning. This is the Sacramento Brief, your
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  weekday roundup of overnight headlines and what's
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  ahead across the city. I'm Carol. It's August
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  27th, 2026. Let's get you caught up. Sacramento
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  police have announced an arrest and a homicide
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  case dating back more than a year. On August
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  14th of last year, officers were called to an
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  unresponsive four -month -old baby. brought to
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  a fire station from a home in the 1700 block
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  of West El Camino Avenue. The child was rushed
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  to the hospital, but despite life -saving efforts,
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  was pronounced dead. Because of the circumstances,
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  homicide detectives and crime scene investigators
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  took over the case. After an investigation that
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  also involved the Sacramento County Coroner's
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  Office, the child's death was ruled a homicide.
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  Police identified 22 -year -old Victor Weaver
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  of Sacramento as a suspect and a obtained an
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  arrest warrant. On Tuesday, August 25th of this
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  year, Weaver was arrested and booked into the
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  Sacramento County Main Jail. Anyone with information
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  about the case is asked to contact the Sacramento
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  Police. And in another case, Sacramento Police
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  say a caller reported finding an armed person
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  inside their unlocked vehicle in the driveway
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  of the home and the 20 block of Graeagle Way
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  late Tuesday night. The suspect ran before officers
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  arrived, but police located someone matching
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  the description nearby. Officers say they recovered
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  a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen.
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  The suspect was arrested on related charges.
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  Today, look for an increase in clouds and another
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  hot afternoon. The high will be around 97 degrees
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  with light winds becoming southwesterly about
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  6 miles per hour. Tonight will be mostly cloudy
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  with a low around 67 degrees. Today's Sacramento
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  there's a flood control project you may want
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  to weigh in on. The Sacramento Area Flood Control
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  Agency is proposing an improvement to roughly
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  three miles of Morrison Creek and Beach Lake
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  levees. The proposal includes raising portions
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  of the existing levees, replacing and adding
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  flood walls, flattening some levee slopes, and
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  making additional improvements designed to strengthen
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  the system. Morrison Creek is part of a larger
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  South Sacramento stream system, along with elder
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  flooring. and Union House Creeks. Together, those
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  waterways and levees help protect neighborhoods
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  from flooding caused by heavy runoff and high
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  water. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency has
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  released an environmental study for the project
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  and is accepting public comments through September
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  7th. Comments must be received by 5 p .m. that
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  day. The Flood Control Agency Board is expected
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  to consider the environmental document at its
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  September 17th public meeting. And before we
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  move on, I want to share something a little personal.
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  After an accident affected how much I'm able
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  to work, I have fallen behind financially and
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  I've started a GoFundMe to help me catch up.
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  Asking for help isn't easy for me. But if you're
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  able to contribute or simply share the link,
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  I'd be so grateful. And as a little thank you,
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  I'd love to recognize the first 10 people who
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  support the campaign on the show. The link is
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  into today's show notes. Thank you for listening.
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  Now back to the Sacramento Brief. If you're looking
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  for something creative to do tonight, Verge Center
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  for the Arts is hosting Dry Point Printmaking
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  with Tetra Pak. The class uses recycled Tetra
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  Pak cartons, the kind often used for broth, protein
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  drinks, and other shelf -stable products. As
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  printing plates, participants will scratch designs
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  into the foil surface ink plates and run them
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  through the press, creating original prints.
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  The classes for beginner is beginner -friendly,
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  but also open. to experienced printmakers who
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  want to try something different. That runs tonight
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  from 5 to 8 .30 p .m. at Verge Center for the
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  Arts at 625 S Street. Admission is $60. And looking
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  ahead to tomorrow, Mix Downtown and P2O Hot Pilates
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  and Fitness are teaming up for Sunset Social
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  Club. a rooftop wellness experience in downtown
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  Sacramento. The night begins with rooftop fitness
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  class, followed by recovery activities, wellness
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  vendors, hydration drinks, shopping, and sunset
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  views over the city. The elite class pass is
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  $35 and includes the workout swag bag, a post
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  -class hydration mocktail, wellness activations,
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  and admission to the after party. It gets underway
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  tomorrow night at 6 p .m. at Mixed Downtown.
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  That's at 16th and L Streets. Links for both
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  events are in today's show notes. That's all
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  for today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find the
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  links to today's events in the show notes. I'm
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  Carol. Thank you for trusting me with your morning.
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  Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you tomorrow.