A 27-year-old San Francisco tech worker has been found dead in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend in what police are investigating as a possible domestic violence homicide, according to reports.
Kimberly Wong was found unresponsive about 7 p.m. Thursday when police conducted a welfare check at her apartment in Presidio Heights, the San Francisco Standard reported.
Officers and medics were unable to revive Wong, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Homicide officers are investigating it as a case of domestic violence, the Standard said, which a police source also confirmed to KTVU.
“We hope for an arrest,” Beverly Upton, head of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, told the Standard. “This is a tragedy.”
Police Sgt. Kathryn Winters would only tell the Standard that it was an “open homicide investigation.”
Kimberly Wong, a 27-year-old tech worker in San Francisco, was found dead during a medical checkup. KTVU
“We are not offering comment on this matter to protect the integrity of the investigation,” Winters said.
No arrests have been made, and the Standard said it was unable to reach the man who lived with her for comment.
Two neighbors, who declined to be named, told the store that they knew Wong and the man lived together but were not close to either of them.
The young woman is a product designer at Plaid, a San Francisco-based payments site that connects customers’ financial accounts with other online applications or services, according to her LinkedIn account.
“We are deeply disappointed by the news of Kim’s death,” the company told SFGATE in a statement.
Wong was found unresponsive and pronounced dead in the apartment she shared with a man. KTVU
“She is smart, talented, positive and a valued member of our team who makes an impact on everyone she works with. Our condolences and condolences go out to his family and friends,” he added.
Wong, who graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in human-centered design and engineering, has worked as a user experience designer at Splunk, a data analytics software company, from 2017 to 2021, the Standard reported.
“When I’m not pushing pixels, I like to create illustrations, do crosswords, cook, do yoga and go out for morning bike rides or hikes,” she writes on her website.
He is a product designer at Plaid, a payments site based in San Francisco. KTVU
A Splunk spokesperson told the outlet that the company was “deeply saddened to hear of Kimberly Wong’s passing and we extend our condolences and support to Kimberly’s loved ones during this difficult time.”
“Kimberly was a hard worker, dedicated and will be missed,” the representative added.
Alberto Forero, a former colleague, described him as “positive, intelligent and energetic,” adding that he did not believe that someone could hurt him.
“I was his manager, and we worked on software together, and I used to sit next to him,” he told KTVU.
Wong was found at a Clay Street apartment in Presidio Heights. KTVU
“It’s just a classic ice cold shock. This cannot happen. Of all people, no one deserves to die but someone so young. that’s smart. why? It’s so ridiculous,” Forero said.
“It’s very troubling that he passed that way. I hope there is justice for him. He is a cute person. He will definitely be missed,” he added to the outlet.
Another neighbor told the Standard that Wong “would honestly be the last person I would expect something like this to happen to – but you can’t predict it with this type of crime.”
Neighbors have expressed shock at the unexplained death. KTVU
Beverly Upton, a local domestic violence advocate, said she is monitoring the case.
“We expect an arrest. This is a tragedy,” Upton, head of the San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, told the Standard.
He said the death appears to be the first domestic violence-related homicide of the year in San Francisco, down from about 12 each year when he joined the organization in 2001.
“This trend is going in the right direction. We just have to keep it on the radar screen, no matter what else happens,” Upton said.
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