SANTA CRUZ — The 21-year-old woman who died last week after strangulation at Seabright State Beach has been identified as a San Ramon resident, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.
Zainab Mansoor also was attending UC Santa Cruz as a student at the time of her death, according to university officials.
On Tuesday, Mansoor’s boyfriend, 20-year-old Samuel Stone, was set to be arraigned in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on murder charges related to Mansoor’s death. That hearing was delayed until March 13, however.
Stone, until last month also a fellow UCSC student, allegedly called 911 around 1:15 a.m. Feb. 23 to report that he had strangled his girlfriend on the beach. He was a student through Jan. 10, university spokesman Scott Jason-Hernandez said.
Stone remained jailed without bail Wednesday after a bail increase was granted by the court. According to an affidavit filed last week by a Santa Cruz Police Department detective seeking a bail increase, Stone allegedly posed a threat to public safety and was a flight risk.
Stone also was “unhoused and suffers from mental health issues,” according to the detective’s filing and he allegedly “committed an extremely violent act, seemingly without cause.”
