A 22-year-old woman whose badly burned remains were found beneath an East Bay freeway in July has been identified as Bailey Kristin Barnett of Oakland. Authorities are investigating her death as a homicide.
California Highway Patrol officials confirmed to SFGATE on Wednesday that they are leading the investigation into the July 27 discovery near Hollis Street, along the Oakland-Emeryville border. Barnett had been staying at a transitional home in Oakland when she was reported missing. She had recently lived at a single room occupancy hotel near Lake Merritt, records show. Her last known contact with anyone was July 22, five days before her remains were found beneath Interstate 580 near the MacArthur Maze, Bay Area News Group first reported.
The remains were so badly damaged that investigators relied on DNA testing to establish her identity. Authorities have not publicly released her cause of death…