Overview
- A property manager found the 37-year-old woman's body inside a California Street apartment and Berkeley police are treating the death as a homicide.
- Detectives identified the victim's boyfriend, obtained an arrest warrant, and located and arrested Damarcus Jones in Dixon without incident.
- Court records show Jones was sentenced in December 2025 to one day in jail and two years of probation for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and a hate crime, with probation running through December 2027.
- The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau is conducting an autopsy to determine the official cause of death and the case has been referred to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office for review of potential charges.
- The killing is Berkeley’s first reported homicide in more than a year, drawing local attention and prompting police to ask the public to provide tips to the homicide unit.