Victim Brian Utt from a post on his Facebook page May 20, 2025, and his suspect wife Libelyn Taculod “Jingjing” Utt from a post on her Facebook page Sept. 22, 2017.
64-year-old Brian Lee Utt stabbed to death by wife known as Jingjing Utt
By Allen D. Payton
According to Jimmy Lee, Director of Public Affairs for the Contra Costa Sheriff-Coroner, thev victim in the stabbing death on Thursday morning, Oct. 23, 2025, was identified as “Brian Lee Utt, 64 years old, out of Bay Point.”
As previously reported, t 11:26 a.m. that day, Muir Station deputy sheriffs were dispatched to a medical-police call at a residence on Solano Court in Bay Point.
Deputies entered the home finding a man bleeding from stab wounds. They provided first aid until the fire department and an ambulance arrived on scene. The man was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The suspect, believed to be the victim’s wife, was arrested at the scene and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility. She is identified as 57-year-old Libelyn Taculod Utt of Bay Point. She was booked on a murder charge and is being held without bail.
According to a member of Golden Hills Community Church in Brentwood, the Utts attended the church and Mr. Utt helped lead a men’s Bible Study there and Libelyn’s nickname is Jingjing.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Investigation Division at (925) 313-2600. For any tips, email: tips@so.cccounty.us or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
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