Annie Elise

He and his friend Patrick, the guy who called 911 to report the attack, were the only witnesses who could tell the full story of what truly happened that day.

But sure enough, just weeks before he was expected to testify, something truly unthinkable happened.

On January 17th, 2025, Curtis was attacked again.

Now, ever since the original incident in 2022, Curtis had been living in fear.

He actually ended up moving out of Vallejo entirely, and he had been mostly staying with a friend in San Mateo County, which is about an hour south of San Francisco.

He still owned the property where that attack went down, and he would occasionally return to check on it or handle issues if they popped up, but he had actually been trying to sell it and offload it.

He didn't want any attachment to that area anymore.

And any time that he did go there after the attack, he always made sure to carry a gun, admitting to his loved ones that he was just scared.

He was terrified to go alone.

So on January 17th, 2025, at around 2.30 p.m., Curtis was out just going about his day.

He had been near another property that he owned, different from where the attack went down.

And as he was just standing there, standing outside on the sidewalk that day,

someone walked right up to him and stabbed him in the neck in broad daylight.

And by the time an ambulance arrived, Curtis was dead.

Now, the attacker was wearing a black beanie, a mask, dress pants, and a purple shirt.

And witnesses described the suspect as an Asian male.

So police launched an immediate search, and they even brought in a California Highway Patrol helicopter to scour the area.

However, the suspect managed to slip away and evade the officers.

which Curtis's friends and family were absolutely devastated.

They had described him as kind, generous, a little idealistic.