The death of Grammy-nominated opera and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes has left Santa Monica reeling, after police confirmed that his 31-year-old son, Micah Curtis Sykes, was taken into custody inside the family home where the fatal stabbing occurred. Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to a 9:20 p.m. emergency call reporting an assault in progress on 8 December. When they entered the Delaware Avenue residence, they found Sykes, 71, with critical stab wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene by fire personnel.
Micah, who remained inside the home, was detained without incident and is expected to be booked on suspicion of homicide as detectives continue to establish the sequence of events that led to the domestic confrontation.
