Victim identified in Ukiah homicide — suspect charged with murder

UKIAH, 3/24/22 — A woman found dead in her Ukiah apartment Tuesday has been identified as 55-year-old Deborah Garner-Flicker, according to the coroner’s division of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Drew Price, the 38-year-old man facing murder charges in connection with her death, has a history of mental health hospitalizations. He was scheduled to appear for arraignment before Judge Carly Dolan at 9 a.m. today in Mendocino County Superior Court, but did not enter a plea at that time. 

Emergency personnel were summoned to Garner-Flicker’s apartment in the 200 block of East Gobbi Street around 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement from the Ukiah Police Department (UPD) Wednesday. Police said the case was initially reported as a possible overdose, but the situation was deemed suspicious. Garner-Flicker was found on the bathroom floor with visible trauma to the face, and investigators allege that signs of a struggle were obvious around the apartment.