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Nov 13, 2009 7:45 pm US/Pacific

Man Arrested In Berkeley Aquatic Park Homicide

 CBS 5 CrimeWatch

BERKELEY (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― Police arrested a 38-year-old Oakland man Friday in the slaying of a woman who was found shot to death in Berkeley's popular Aquatic Park.

Curtis Martin III of Oakland was taken into custody about 1 p.m. at Chestnut Street and 24th Avenue in Oakland, Berkeley police Officer Andrew Frankel said.

The unidentified victim's body was discovered around 4 a.m. by a Berkeley patrol officer doing a routine security check in the southern portion of the park.

The body was found lying on the shoreline of a pond next to a parking circle on Bolivar Drive that sits near Interstate 80.

Frankel said she appeared to have been shot twice, but he could not immediately provide details on the woman's age.

Police were not saying what led them to suspect Martin and did not disclose a possible motive for the killing.

The slaying was the fifth in Berkeley this year.

Frankel described Aquatic Park as a popular recreation spot, but said it also was known for drug deals and prostitution at night.

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