Event Brief
Woman charged after husband beaten with curtain rod
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 15, 2026 at 12:10 PM ET
Summary: Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, faces first-degree murder charges and weapons and great bodily injury enhancements for the death of her 77-year-old husband, Richard Kaufman, inside the Enclave Condominium complex in Palm Desert. Prosecutors say she wrapped his dead body in a rug after a brutal beating with a heavy metal curtain rod. Kim is held at Robert Presley Jail on $10 million bail and is scheduled for formal arraignment after medical delays.
WHO: Vicky Kyung Mi Kim; Richard Kaufman; Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
WHAT: Kim is scheduled for formal arraignment on first-degree murder charges tied to the death of her husband after a curtain rod beating and alleged post-beating handling of his body.
WHEN: Sep 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: Enclave Condominium complex, Palm Desert, California
WHY: She is charged with first-degree murder for the alleged beating and killing of her husband, Richard Kaufman.
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