Posted 3/4/2024, 10:26:40 PM
Man Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Woman, Posting Video on Facebook
- Mark Stephen Mechikoff is accused of recording himself killing Claribel Estrella and posting the video on Facebook
- He stabbed Estrella to death inside her San Mateo apartment on July 26, 2023
- Mechikoff pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder but claimed in court his confession was AI-generated
- A Florida woman saw the graphic video on Facebook and called police
- The preliminary hearing was postponed over prosecution objections; Mechikoff remains jailed without bail