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Oakland Police find body wrapped in plastic in West Oakland
Oakland Police were called to the intersection of Campbell Street and 24th Street where they found a body wrapped in dark plastic and duct tape.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Police responded to the intersection of 24th and Campbell streets in Oakland on Thursday morning after they received a report around 8:15 a.m. of a body found wrapped in a plastic bag.
Oakland police arrived and closed the streets around the West Oakland intersection. On the sidewalk curb street, video shows what appears to be a body wrapped in plastic and duct tape.
The Oakland Police Department homicide investigators were called to the scene. Officers collected surveillance video from cameras mounted along Campbell Street as well as from several businesses in the vicinity.
One business manager, Manuel Sanchez, says there are often problems in the area with people coming in and lighting vehicles on fire.
"At least once or twice a month. Around this corner, just around this corner," Sanchez said. "Around the neighborhood happens many, many things that we don't want to see anymore."
"This street is known for dumping, you know. They just cleaned it all out. And as soon as it gets clean, people come back and dump stuff. And they dump in the wee hours of the morning," Dave Callahan an Oakland resident said.
KTVU contacted the Alameda County Coroner's office staff, who said there was not yet an identification to release and that an autopsy is being planned for Friday or Monday.
Those with information are asked to contact Oakland police at (510) 238-3821.
Jana Katsuyama is a reporter for KTVU. Email Jana at jana.katsuyama@fox.com. Call her at 510-326-5529. Or follow her on Twitter @JanaKTVU and read her other reports on her bio page.
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