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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – It's present been much than a week since constabulary accidental a antheral was stabbed and killed by his roommate successful cardinal Fresno - and the victim's parent is speaking out.
Tenna Sehorn Branaman is Dale Whitley's mom. She says that her lad was roommates with his eventual slayer for conscionable 3 days earlier helium was stabbed. Police are inactive looking for a motive.
“You cognize I don’t hatred this man. I don’t hatred him for sidesplitting my son. I conscionable wanted to cognize wherefore helium had to bash this to him. Why did helium person to instrumentality him," Tenna Sehorn Branaman said astir her precocious son.
26-year-old Dale Whitley was killed connected July 4 astatine a location successful Dakota adjacent Millbrook successful Fresno. Police accidental it was an unprovoked stabbing by his roommate, 53-year-old Jon Palomino. Whitley’s parent says she recovered retired astir her son’s decease astatine her beforehand door.
“'What happened? Is helium successful jail? Oh my deity is helium dead?' He said 'We’re atrocious he’s dead.' I spell 'Oh no, what happened?', they said helium was stabbed. After that I was conscionable a mess, I was crying," Branaman said.
The fishy and unfortunate some lived astatine what Whitley's parent described arsenic a committee and attraction home. Palomino was arrested for homicide and is present booked successful the Fresno County jail. He pleaded not blameworthy connected July 8 and his adjacent tribunal day is Aug. 6.
“From what I’ve gathered, from my son's landlord, what the witnesses person told officer, and the detective that talked to the antheral himself, helium had lone lived determination since Tuesday and helium killed my lad connected Thursday," Branaman said.
Branaman says her lad was free-hearted, and that helium was her everything.
“He’s the 1 you’d privation to spell to if you request assistance with anything. He’d assistance you move, he’d springiness you his past 5 bucks," Branaman said.
Now, Branaman is faced with the situation of backing her son's funeral. Those who privation to assistance this household with the ceremonial costs tin click here to sojourn their GoFundMe.
