Berkeley Police Discover Entombed Body During Suicide Investigation

Suicide on Monday Leads to Discovery Wednesday Night

Map »


View Larger Map


Related Articles »






  • Printer Friendly Printer Friendly
  • Comments Comments (0)

Berkeley police say they found entombed remains of a human body Wednesday evening while conducting an investigation into a suicide in South Berkeley.

According to a release from Berkeley police Officer Andrew Frankel, police were investigating the Monday evening suicide of Hassan Bin Ali, a 60-year-old Berkeley resident.

Police arrived on the scene of a reported verbal argument on the 2200 block of Ashby Avenue on Monday evening where they were confronted by Ali, who was in the possession of a handgun. Police say Ali shot himself.

Ali was pronounced dead at the Alameda County Hospital in Oakland after being transported there by Berkeley Fire Department officials.

Police say information they learned during the investigation led them to obtain a search warrant for the address where the suicide occurred. During that search, shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, "detectives discovered human remains entombed on the first floor of the building," according to the release.

Police are investigating the matter as a suspicious death case.

Tags: BERKELEY POLICE, CRIME, HASSAN BIN ALI, SOUTH BERKELEY


Contact Bryan Thomas at bthomas@dailycal.org.



Comments (0) »

Comment Policy
The Daily Cal encourages readers to voice their opinions respectfully in regards to both the readers and writers of The Daily Californian. Comments are not pre-moderated, but may be removed if deemed to be in violation of this policy. Comments should remain on topic, concerning the article or blog post to which they are connected. Brevity is encouraged. Posting under a pseudonym is discouraged, but permitted. Click here to read the full comment policy.
White space
Left Arrow
Crime
Image Berkeley Homicide Suspect Featured on "America's M...
Rafael Campbell, 28, one of four suspects in ...Read More»
Crime
Image Police, Fire Departments Hold Emergency Drill
The Berkeley Police Department and Berkeley Fire Department held a joi...Read More»
Crime
Image Explosion Near Telegraph Avenue Leaves Behind "Ben...
A device was detonated around 10 p.m. Tuesday at the ...Read More»
Crime
Image Southside Sees Police Activity, Outage
In what police have described as a coincidence, officers evacuated a Souths...Read More»
Crime
Image Missing Woman Found in Oakland
The Berkeley Police Department reported Friday night that a woman who had b...Read More»
Crime
Image UCPD Personnel Prove Pivotal in Kidnapping Arrest
Thanks to an intuition felt by two UC Berkeley Police Department p...Read More»
Right Arrow






Job Postings

White Space