![]() ![]() “This is definitely a first,” Sanchez said. “Normally, we see luggage in the lake, and sometimes it’s full of clothes,” Shomo said. The blue suitcase was partially submerged about five of six feet away from the water’s edge, leading him and another man to each use a 10-foot-long pole to move the suitcase near the shore. while combing the water’s edge for trash - the first such cleanup organized by the institute since Saturday, said Alfredo Sanchez, the organization’s volunteer coordinator.Īmong them was Kevin Shomo, 71, of Berkeley, who recalled spotting the suitcase and thinking little of it at first, given how often he has seen luggage and other items there stuffed with clothing. Three volunteers with the Lake Merritt Institute found the suitcase just before 11 a.m. Witnesses who found the suitcase and saw the body inside said it was an adult. It also was not known immediately whether the body was that of a male or female. It was not known how long it had been in the suitcase or water. According to police, the body had several injuries to it. Officers and the Oakland Fire Department’s maritime response team went to the 1900 block of Lakeshore Avenue about 11 a.m. and the suitcase remained in the water, touching a side wall in about a foot of water, until authorities removed it about 12:55 p.m. ![]() Police and fire crews were at the lake past 1 p.m. Woman shot and killed outside San Leandro restaurant ![]()
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