TBS Today, July 19
A human skeleton that was found beneath an abandoned UC Berkeley building in 2021 belonged to a homicide victim named Steven Lawrence McCreary, authorities announced Wednesday.
The Berkeley Scanner has the scoop.
UC Berkeley skeleton ID’d as Steven McCreary, homicide victim
McCreary’s family last spoke with him in 2009. He would have been 37 years old at that time, UCPD said.
Emilie Raguso
We also reported early this morning on a bar fight at Kip's that sent a young man to the hospital with a serious head wound.
Bar fight at Kip’s in Berkeley sends young man to Highland
The incident initially was reported as a stabbing with multiple victims shortly after midnight Wednesday, Berkeley police said.
Emilie Raguso
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Emilie Raguso
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