Berkeley police arrest man in connection to suspected homicide

The Brief

  • Berkeley police arrested a man suspected of killing a woman whose body was discovered in an apartment on California Street in late May.
  • Damarcus Jones, 28, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his girlfriend, whose identity has not been released.
  • Jones was previously convicted of assault and a hate crime stemming from a 2019 incident.

BERKELEY, Calif. Berkeley police officers on Tuesday arrested a man in connection to the murder of a woman whose body was found last month in an apartment on California Street.

Officers arrested 28-year-old Damarcus Jones, the victim’s boyfriend, in the city of Dixon.

Body found

What we know:

The arrest stems from a May 30 incident in which Berkeley police officers were called to a building in the 1900 block of California Street. A property manager reportedly discovered a dead body inside an apartment in the building.

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