Overview
- San Francisco Fire Department says crews responded to the Fairmont San Francisco at 2:52 a.m. on New Year’s Day and pronounced an adult female dead at the scene, with police arriving at 3:14 a.m. and turning the case over to the medical examiner.
- Authorities have not formally released the victim’s identity, but multiple outlets citing law‑enforcement sources report she is Victoria Kafka Jones, the daughter of actor Tommy Lee Jones.
- The cause and manner of death remain undetermined, and local reporting citing police sources indicates foul play is not suspected at this time.
- Police asked anyone with information to contact the SFPD tip line at 415-575-4444 or text TIP411 with the message starting with “SFPD.”
- Local outlets, citing police and hotel sources, report the woman was found in a hotel hallway and that staff attempted CPR before emergency responders arrived.