Results tagged “deadbody”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.