Fresno Homicide Victim’s Mother Delivers Powerful Victim’s Statement

The mother of Fresno homicide victim Matthew Chavez delivered an emotional victim’s impact statement Thursday in court.

Her son, 32 years old at the time of the 2019 killing outside the Vista Turning Point outpatient mental health services at 258 N. Blackstone Ave, was stabbed to death by Zyad Alsaid 64, of Fresno.

“Your Honor, all through this trial everyone has referred to Matthew’s murder as ‘the event’ or ‘the incident,’ ” Chavez’s mom said. “Let us call it what it is: At the hands and choices of Zyad Alsaid, my son was violently killed. I will have to live with this the rest of my life. There will be no more tomorrows, no more adventures, no more hopes and dreams for my Matt. The defendant did not only take my son’s life; he sentenced his family and friends to a life sentence withou