Human remains found floating in the Alameda Marina nearly two decades ago have now been positively identified, authorities announced.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post on Thursday that partial skeletal remains were discovered in the marina in September 2008, with a white or gray sock and a size 8.5 Vision brand skateboarder-type shoe. In July 2001, additional skeletal remains were found floating across the Oakland Estuary from the Alameda Marina, near Embarcadero East and the Coast Guard Island Bridge.
DNA comparison confirmed that both sets of remains were of the same person, the Sheriff’s Office said, but the cause and manner of death were undetermined due to only a partial skeletal finding…