Man arrested following fatal stabbing in San Carlos hotel
SAN CARLOS, Calif. - A man found wounded in a San Carlos hotel Thursday has been arrested for allegedly stabbing the other man found in the room to death, sheriff's deputies said today.
San Mateo sheriff's deputies said the man killed was 32-year-old Robert Alan Lawless, of San Jose and Sonora. James Goss, a 61-year-old Arnold resident, was arrested on suspicion of murdering Lawless.
Lawless and Goss were found with injuries to their upper bodies after sheriff's deputies were dispatched at around 10 a.m. Thursday to a rented room in the LiA Hotel at 950 El Camino Real. LiA is a place of lodging in San Carlos for traveling artists.
Lawless was stabbed multiple times with an unknown instrument and was pronounced dead at the scene, sheriff's deputies said. Goss suffered minor injuries.
Local law enforcement, after an all-day investigation, determined Goss to be a suspect in the fatal stabbing of Lawless, sheriff's deputies said.
Goss was arrested and booked into Maguire Correctional Facility on Thursday evening.
The two are acquaintances, sheriff's deputies said, but the motive is unclear.
Anyone with information that may aid the investigation is asked to call San Mateo sheriff's detectives at (650) 363-4192 or (650) 363-4051.