Santa Rosa police have arrested a Clearlake man in connection with the city's first homicide of 2026, following a fatal shooting on Marlow Road. - Officers responded around 9:15 p.m.
Monday to reports of gunfire in the 3000 block of Marlow Road. - A woman was shot multiple times by a man in dark clothing and a face covering; she died at the scene.
- Dwight Kestler, 56, of Clearlake, was arrested on suspicion of murder and violating probation; Jill Bynum, 57, of Clearlake, was arrested as an accessory. - Evidence including a revolver was found in a vehicle and at a Clearlake residence.
Both suspects are held without bail and are due in court Thursday.