Crime & Safety

Body Found at Emeryville Beach Was Suicide from Fremont

Police say the woman's death has been determined to be suicide and not suspicious.

By Bay City News Service

A woman's body found on an Emeryville beach Thursday morning has been determined to be that of a reported missing person from the Fremont area, an Emeryville police sergeant said this morning (Friday).

At 7:14 a.m. Thursday, a passerby reported seeing an unresponsive person on the beach at Shorebird Park, which is off the western end of Powell Street on a stretch of land that juts into the Bay. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency crews.

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Emeryville police Sgt. Brian Head said the death has been determined to be a suicide and not suspicious.

People wanting to speak with someone about suicide or depression can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-TALK (8255).

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