Volunteers cleaning up a California lake on Halloween found the body of a murdered man crammed into a discarded suitcase.
Volunteer Kevin Shomo told KTVU that they used a small net to pull in a suitcase they saw on the edge of Oakland’s Lake Merritt around 11 a.m. during a routine cleanup Tuesday.
“We grabbed one end and we realized it was too heavy. So we pulled it close enough to us and we said, ‘Oh wow, this thing is heavy,'” he said.
“So we unzipped it … and that’s what we found,” he said of the gruesome discovery of a man stuffed inside “like in the fetal position.”
“I was surprised there was a body in there,” Shomo said of the unidentified victim, who appeared to be in his 30s.
Oakland Police Capt. Alan Yu confirmed the discovery, saying it was unclear when the suitcase was dumped.
The suitcase was found by the lake Tuesday morning. KPIX The body appeared to be that of a man in his 30s, a witness said. KPIX
“Part of the investigation is trying to determine where the body could have floated from,” Yu told KTVU. “It could be any part of the lake, and we’re looking at all those possible outcomes.”
Police also confirmed to CBS News that it is being investigated as a homicide, with the victim’s identity being withheld pending family notification. It was initially unclear whether the slain man matched anyone reported missing, the report said.
Locals are alarmed by the discovery in what is considered a local oasis with a popular route for runners.
“It’s really scary to me, for a body to be around this neighborhood, it’s really scary,” witness Angela Massella told KTVU.
Police are working to inform the victim’s family before releasing his name to the public.KPIX
Local resident Gerlen Polk is also worried about the crime, which her husband told her after seeing it on the news when he arrived for his usual walk there.
“The body in the lake?” he said. “What the hell.”
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