{"id":340228,"date":"2026-05-31T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340228\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:48:12","slug":"berkeley-police-investigate-citys-first-homicide-in-16-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/340228\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley police investigate city\u2019s first homicide in 16 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Berkeley police were stationed outside 1988 California St. during the investigation of a homicide on Saturday. Credit: Zac Farber\/Berkeleyside <\/p>\n

Police are investigating a homicide in an apartment building on California Street, they announced Saturday afternoon. It is the first homicide Berkeley has seen in more than a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A property manager at a building in the 1900 block of California Street contacted police around noon after finding a dead woman inside one of the units there, police said in a statement<\/a> around 4:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

The victim, who was in her 30s, lived in the unit where she was found, police said. Other details were not provided, and the department did not immediately respond to a request for more information Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation is still in its preliminary stages, and detectives are in the process of taking over the case from patrol officers,\u201d the statement read. Police asked anyone with information to contact their Homicide Unit at 510-981-5741.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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