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# Woman dies at People's Park in Berkeley, investigation ongoing
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/03/22/uc-berkeley-crime/peoples-park-berkeley-death-investigation/
- Published: 2023-03-22T02:53:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-09T02:00:04.000Z
- Description: Update: The coroner's office identified her as 62-year-old Denise Ann Hatcher.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: UC Berkeley, #articles, Southside, UCPD, #coroner

A woman was discovered deceased inside a tent at People's Park near UC Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon, authorities report.

The University of California Police Department was alerted Tuesday at about 3:30 p.m. about a possible fatality in the park, authorities said in response to a Berkeley Scanner inquiry.

UCPD officers responded to the park and found an unidentified woman deceased inside a tent at the park, in the 2500 block of Dwight Way. 

As of about 5:20 p.m., UCPD was still on scene investigating and the Alameda County coroner's office had been notified.

The incident remains under investigation, UCPD said.

In early January, [32-year-old Malik Djoumi](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/01/03/uc-berkeley-crime/man-deceased-peoples-park-berkeley/) was found deceased inside a tent at the park.

Two months earlier, in November, police also responded to People's Park [after the death](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2022/11/04/uc-berkeley-crime/man-dead-peoples-park-berkeley/) of a man who had been living in a tent there.

Authorities ask anyone with information about Tuesday's death investigation to call UCPD at 510-642-6760.

**Update:** The coroner's office identified the deceased woman as 62-year-old Denise Ann Hatcher.

Cause of death was atherosclerotic heart disease with a significant contributing condition of methamphetamine use.

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