The arraignment for the man accused of fatally stabbing a social worker at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital last week has been delayed because he was unable to appear in court Tuesday. 

Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi, 34, is being held in the pyschiatric unit of the same hospital where he allegedly stabbed a social worker to death Thursday. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.