A judge again delayed the arraignment of a man charged with murder for allegedly fatally shoving a woman into an oncoming BART train in San Francisco last week, as a mental health team evaluates the defendant in a medical facility.

Prosecutors said they charged Trevor Belmont, 49, also known as Hoak Taing, for the July 1 killing. They accuse the defendant of fatally shoving 74-year-old Corazon Dandan into the path of a Millbrae-bound train at the Powell Street BART station. Dandan died at a hospital, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.

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Anna Leah comes to Local News Matters from over fifteen years in documentary film – including a docu-series examining the national reach of conspiratorial thinking, never-before-seen materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, and a history of currency. Currently, she is earning a master’s degree in feature writing, investigation, and data at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (part of CUNY – the City University of New York). She focuses on building empathy with people who are often overlooked or oversimplified. More at annaleah.com.