Woman's body found in Berkeley, investigation ongoing
BPD asks anyone with information to call the Homicide Unit at 510-981-5741.
Update, 7:10 p.m. Concerned friends raised the alarm when they couldn't reach a 37-year-old Berkeley woman in recent days.
On Saturday, police found her deceased in her apartment in the 1900 block of California Street, Berkeley police said.
Investigators are conducting a homicide investigation.
Police responded Saturday at noon to the apartment complex, just north of University Avenue, after the property manager found the woman's body, BPD said.
"The investigation is still in its preliminary stages, and detectives are in the process of taking over the case," police said.
BPD asks anyone with information about the case to call BPD's Homicide Unit at 510-981-5741.
Original story: Berkeley police are investigating a body found in an apartment building Saturday.
Details were limited as of publication time. The Scanner was the first to report this news.
A reader asked TBS for details after seeing eight police cruisers on California Street between University Avenue and Berkeley Way at 2 p.m.
A police officer at the scene confirmed only that they were working on something "serious," but declined to share additional details, the reader said.
According to emergency dispatches reviewed by The Scanner, the Berkeley Fire Department confirmed at 1 p.m. that someone had died.
The coroner's office and homicide investigators are responding.
The Scanner will update this story as additional information becomes available.
Berkeley has not had a homicide since January 2025. (The man who was charged in that case was later freed following a self-defense argument.)
