'I thought it was a dummy. Like one of those human dummies. It looked like human flesh. And then we opened it up further and realized,' one of the cleaning crew that found a body in a suitcase in Lake Merritt said.
Oakland police are investigating after cleaning crews discovered a large suitcase floating in the water of Lake Merritt with a human body inside.Oakland police are investigating a gruesome discovery near the shores of Lake Merritt on Tuesday.
Around 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, cleaning crews discovered a large suitcase floating in the water with a human body inside."I thought it was a dummy. Like one of those human dummies. It looked like human flesh. And then we opened it up further and realized," he said."Part of the investigation is to determine where the body could have floated from as well. So it could be any part of the lake," said Captain Alan Yu.
While the suitcase incident has gotten a lot of attention, many of the Oakland residents we talked to say this is just another example of why they feel increasingly unsafe in their own city.Siegel says while she knows crime in Oakland has risen in recent years, this is especially disturbing. "This type of crime does seem uncharacteristic for the type of crime that has been happening in Oakland," she said."I rode crew on Lake Merritt in high school and back then we also ran over a dead body," she said."The person who told me just said, did you hear about the body in the suitcase in the lake? Wow," Roy said.They say they continue to worry about crime in the city and hope maybe Tuesday's incident will force city leaders to do more.
"We certainly hope that something can be done to try and quell...it's just really out of control in many ways," Skonieczny said.Oakland police pursuit called off after driver evades officers
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