Arrest made in stabbing death of mother of 7

One woman is dead and another in custody after a stabbing Saturday in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, police said.

The violent encounter between two women who apparently knew each other occurred around 11 p.m. on the 1400 block of Kansas Street, according to the San Francisco Police Department.

The victim, identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner as Latanette McDaniel, 35, was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Officers arrested Vernisha Mandigo, 25, of San Francisco, in connection with the homicide. She

was booked into the San Francisco County Jail and is being held without bond.

Police said details of the homicide are still under investigation.

Lanette Grady, of Richmond — one of the victim’s three sisters — said

McDaniel’s boyfriend told her that the victim and assailant knew each other, and the stabbing was the result of a dispute.

Another sister, Antionette Guss of Houston, said the family is shocked and heartbroken by the death.

The lifelong Bay Area resident had seven children under the age of 14, her sister said. Family members will miss her big smile and big personality, Guss said.

“We all had nicknames growing up, so everyone just called her Mooka,” Guss said. “She was just a ball of fun and the life of the party.”

McDaniel felt alone after both of her parents died, Grady said. When the two would talk via FaceTime, McDaniel held her 2yearold twins in her lap.

“She was just trying to take care of her kids and do the best she could,” Grady said.

The family is searching for answers about what happened. Guss said her sister was not confrontational.

“We’re just trying to figure out exactly what happened,” she said.

Anna Bauman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: anna. bauman@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @abauman2