The woman whose body was found floating near Fisherman's Wharf Tuesday morning, near Pier 45, has been identified as 60-year-old Mi Ryong Park, of San Francisco. Her cause of death remains undetermined, pending the results of an autopsy. more ›

While extinguishing a small brush fire near Buena Vista Park this morning, firefighters came across a "partially burned body." The body was discovered a little after 4:30 a.m. "Police are considering the death suspicious.," notes Bay City News. Anyone with more details should call the fuzz at 415-575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411. [KTVU]
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A surfer was spotted floating unconscious in the water near Ocean Beach around 1 p.m. yesterday. He was later identified as Jonathan Luhn, age 44, after being pulled from the water by another surfer, or someone on the beach. The Mercury News says he was a resident of San Jose. more ›

A 63-year-old Santa Cruz man had been living with a dead body for the last week. Which? Creepy. The Examiner's Mike Aldex reports: "Parolee John Clauer has allegedly been playing house with a deceased 30-year-old woman for at least a week. Cops found the body after responding to a call about an “unusual smell” coming from the apartment in the 1100 block of E. Cliff Drive." While it's not clear if the old man had anything to do with her death, he was arrested and booked into Santa Cruz County Jail. [Ex] more ›

The body of a woman was found floating in the Oakland estuary near Doolittle Drive and Harbor Bay Parkway around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. "The cause of death has not yet been determined and no details were available about the condition of the body," reports The Chronicle. "[Oakland police spokeswoman Holly Joshi] could not explain why investigators believe the woman was slain." [Chron] more ›

Reportedly dying of natural causes, a man whose van was towed from Anza Street near Rossi Park "was discovered dead in his vehicle Thursday morning." Identified as Sigmund Leonard, 59, the man had, it seems, been living in his van for quite some time. more ›

At around 9 a.m. this morning, a tourist walking along the waterfront with his niece found a suitcase holding a dead body. Margarito Real told KTVU, "There was a suitcase floating in the water; my niece saw it first ... We looked at it for a few minutes and then started walking…We told one of the people who was working at the pier that there was a suitcase floating in the water… It just looked suspicious to me." more ›

The body of a dead man was found this morning a little after 8 a.m. near Walnut Creek's Las Lomas High School, reports CBS 5. The unidentified man is believed to have been somewhere in his 30s or 40s. No word yet as to the cause of death. more ›

The body of Donna Mae Dowell, the 68-year-old nurse who worked at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and went missing in December 2008, was just identified after being found by a hiker in an unincorporated area near Milpitas on December 4th. Her body was found still in the Honda Accord in which she disappeared, and was identified using dental records. The cause of death was likely suicide, and Ms. Dowell -- who had been reportedly depressed over the possibility of losing her home due to financial difficulties -- repeatedly told friends and family to take note of her license plate number before she went missing. Police searched the area for her car but came up short, and it took nearly a year before anyone reported seeing the car in this semi-remote area, near Calaveras and Felter Roads in Santa Clara County. more ›

A woman's body was found in the parking lot along Berkeley's bayside Aquatic Park this morning. And we quote, via SF Gate: "The area is known for drug use and prostitution, but [police] said it was too early to say whether those factors were involved in the slaying." ABC 7 has raw video of the cops on the scene. We promise we'll stop dropping these terrible bits of news on you first thing in the morning just as soon as they stop happening. more ›

On Friday night, a dead body was found on a 5-Fulton Muni bus. The body has been identified as Christopher Feasel of San Francisco. As the corpse showed no signs of trauma, investigators are still trying to determine the caused of death. (Our guess is the excruciating wait for an elusive 5-Fulton bus did him in.) According to police Sgt. Lyn Tomioka, "Workers discovered Feasel around midnight Friday at the bus yard at Presidio Avenue and Bush Street," but the bus was parked at around 6:30 pm that night. more ›

The body of Ivarene Lett, age 97, was found beaten to death two nights ago in her 6th floor apartment in the Adams Point neighborhood of Oakland, near Lake Merritt. She was a tiny woman, barely five feet tall, who recently passed her driving test and who enjoyed going to a weekly dance class and driving her vintage Chevy. As far back as city records go, Ms. Lett appears to be the oldest homicide victim in Oakland's history. And it's been quite a year for such records, with Oakland recognizing its oldest homicide suspect just about 12 months ago, who was 94 at the time of his arrest for killing his landlord. Comments on Lett's case range from "pretty concerning" to "the ultimate in depravity." We'd go with #2. more ›

You know that dead body dragged out of Lake Merced earlier this week? Well, no one seems to know who he is, so the police are asking for the public's help. According to the Examiner, John Doe is a white male who appeared to be about 50 years of age...5 feet seven inches tall, weighing 167 pounds with dark brown hair and an undetermined eye color. He had no tattoos or jewelry, and was wearing a green sweatshirt, a red T-shirt, green boxer shorts, and one green dress sock when his body was discovered." Also, he has an "identifiable surgical scar on his left shoulder," as well as a a "surgical screw and wire in that shoulder." Know the guy? Then, please, call the Medical Examiner’s Office at 415-553-1694. more ›

A kayaker in Lake Merced on Sunday spotted a dead body floating in the reeds on the east side of the lake. Police and the Medical Examiner showed up to drag it out, but nothing is known yet about the identity of the body or the cause of death. Call this Reason #23 not to do outdoorsy things, especially kayaking in Lake Merced.
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A dog walker picked up more than canine poop yesterday morning. Around 7:30pm, the pooch puller discovered a dead body at Corona Heights Park. According to reports, "there was no obvious sign of trauma to the body, and police are calling it a 'suspicious death.'" No word yet as to whether unidentified stiff died of natural causes. more ›