Nov 16, 2009 9:47 pm US/Pacific
Child's Body Found In SF Bay Not Yet Identified
BERKELEY (CBS 5 / BCN) ―
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Jashon Williams was last known to be with his mother Zoelina Williams, a victim of a homicide in Berkeley on November 13th, 2009.
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Curtis Martin III
Berkeley Police Dept.
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The body of Zoelina Williams is taken away after being found at Berkeley's Aquatic Park.
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Investigators still haven't been able to determine the identity of a child's body found near the Berkeley Marina on Sunday, Berkeley police Lt. Andrew Greenwood said Monday.
Authorities are trying to determine if the child is 17-month-old Jashon Williams, the missing son of Zoelina Williams, a 23-year-old Oakland woman whose body was found about a mile away in Aquatic Park, along the shoreline east of Interstate 80 in Berkeley, about 4 a.m. Friday.
According to Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason, Jashon was last known to be with Williams and it is believed that he was with her at the time she was murdered.
Berkeley police Lt. Andrew Greenwood said Monday that "the investigation into the murder of Zoelina Williams is a complex one," and police are actively investigating both her murder and her son's disappearance.
Curtis Martin III, a 38-year-old Oakland man, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with Williams' death.
A spokeswoman for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said charges haven't yet been filed against Martin. A decision will be made Tuesday morning, she said.
The spokeswoman said if charges are filed, Martin will be arraigned at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Greenwood said Martin is being held without bail at the Berkeley jail. He said Martin will be moved to Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail in Dublin if he's charged with murder and he remains in custody without bail.
Martin has declined to be interviewed by reporters, Greenwood said.
According to Thomason, in their efforts to find Jashon police have searched Martin's home as well as the home in Oakland where he lived with his mother.
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