Hollister police release details on stabbing and carjacking incident

The Hollister Police Department has released new details regarding an October 17 incident involving a stabbing and carjacking. Authorities identified the suspect as 34-year-old Vanessa Garcia, who stabbed her domestic partner twice in the chest and neck before carjacking her sister at knifepoint.

Following the attack, Garcia fled the scene in the stolen vehicle. Police utilized the Flock surveillance system to track the vehicle as it left Hollister. Reports indicated the suspect was driving recklessly on Highway 152 near Casa de Fruta, where the vehicle was involved in a head-on collision that caused one car to overturn.

Garcia eventually fled to San Jose, where she died from self-inflicted stab wounds. Police noted that Garcia had been involved in a separate hours-long standoff with law enforcement on September 26, during which she was safely detained for treatment.