San Francisco, CA – Today, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced that Sergii Sakhno (37), was charged in connection to a violent SOMA hotel room throat slashing. He was arraigned on March 13, 2025, and pleaded not guilty and denied the allegation. Mr. Sakhno is charged with murder (PC 187(a)) with an allegation that he personally and intentionally used a deadly and dangerous weapon in the commission of the murder (PC12022(b)(1)).

“I would like to offer my condolences to the victim’s family and my assurance that my office will do everything in our power to fight for justice for them,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. “There is no place for horrific violence like this in our community.”

According to court documents, on October 30, 2024, Mr. Sakhno allegedly cut the victim’s throat twice, cutting into the bone, killing the victim in a hotel room in a Seventh Street hotel in SOMA. Allegedly, after killing the victim, Mr. Sakhno tried to clean the blood splattered all over the room with bleach. At 4:30 PM, San Francisco Police officers responded to a call regarding an unresponsive person in a hotel room and arrived on scene and smelled a strong odor of bleach coming from the room which had been ransacked. Officers found the victim’s body on the bathroom floor with half the victim’s legs in the shower. The victim had two large fatal incisions in his neck which severed major arteries, veins, the trachea, and victim’s spine. Mr. Sakhno was taken into custody the next day on October 31, 2024, following an unrelated incident. At the time of the arrest, Mr. Sakhno was found in possession of the murder victim’s phone.

Mr. Sakhno is currently in custody. The District Attorney’s Office moved to have him detained pending trial due to the public safety risk he poses. The court granted the motion to detain pending trial without prejudice. His next court date is April 8, 2025, to set future court proceedings.

Although charges have been filed, and this case is being handled by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Homicide Unit, this remains an active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. You may remain anonymous.

Court Number: 25005056

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