Who Killed Lisa Norrell?

Unsolved Murders Across the Bay Area

The city of Oakland annually records by far the highest number of homicides in the East Bay region, with a total of 128 murders between January, 1998 and October 13, 1999. The names, dates, and circumstances of the 57 murder cases still open and unsolved in Oakland -- like Lisa Norrell’s in Pittsburg -- are listed below. This information is provided courtesy of the Oakland Police Homicide Division. Anyone with information about any of these cases is urged to phone the division at (510) 238-3821.

We also provide information on open homicide cases in Berkeley, Richmond and San Francisco.

Oakland

Open murders cases in 1998

DATE	NAME OF VICTIM	AGE	CAUSE OF DEATH	LOCATION OF MURDER
Jan. 6	Kelly Marquis	24	gunshot wound	2800^th block of East 16th Street
Jan. 31	David Dawson	29	gunshot wound	5099 East 8th Street
Feb. 6	Epifonio Salvador	68	gunshot wound	200^th block of Grand Avenue
Feb. 28	Hope Jeffries-Baker	60	strangulation	1529 Alice Street
March 9	Travis Kingsley	47	blunt trauma	2008 MacArthur Blvd.
April 4	Kenneth Jones	18	gunshot wound	1735 28th Avenue
April 16	Eugene Brown	22	gunshot wound	3020 Linden Street
April 16	Eddie Jones	21	gunshot wound	3020 Linden Street
April 18	Cory Green	26	gunshot wound	8100th block of Fontaine
April 25	Louis Brown Jr.	43	stabbed	300th block of 14th Street
April 27	Jermaine Esters	18	gunshot wound	11011 Glen Artney Street
May 7	Tracye Scott	37	stabbing wound	8251 Fontaine
May 21	Nathaniel Johnson	49	gunshot wound	2677 East 27th Street
May 22	Marquise White	18	gunshot wound	800th block of 32nd Street
May 30	Ronald Hudson	45	strangulation	1900th block of 3rd Avenue
June 3	Terry Caldwell	49	gunshot wound	1601 90th Avenue
June 5-	Darmino Bonds	27	gunshot wound	3121 Telegraph Ave.
June 20	Anthony Thompson	34	gunshot wound	928 63^rd St.
Aug. 8	Michael Woodberry	31	gunshot wound	4722 Ygnacio Ave.
Aug. 25	Curtis Gregg	22	gunshot wound	465 Douglas Ave.
Sept. 16	Victor Abbate	14	gunshot wound	1200^th block of 37^th Ave.
Sept. 26	Tulane Dickerson	26	gunshot wound	6310 Market St.
Oct. 14	James Traylor	33	gunshot wound	846 W. MacArthur Blvd.
Oct. 18	Gerald Anderson	29	gunshot wound	5800^th block of Avenal
Oct. 21	John Walker	30	gunshot wound	5040 E. 14^th St.
Oct. 28	Antonio Hernandez	22	gunshot wound	1556 79^th Ave.
Oct. 29	Gino Williams	23	gunshot wound	600^th block of E. 18^th St.
Nov. 16	Sheryln Rogers	40	stabbing wound	3300^th block of Beach St.
Dec. 8	Candace Lindemulder	20	gunshot wound	2600^th block of Wallace
Dec. 25	Patrick Dilsworth	32	gunshot wound	9221 D St.
Dec. 28	Wendell Smith	20	gunshot wound	8200^th block of Holly St.
Dec. 31	Troy Lindsey	30	gunshot wound	1050 W. Grand Ave.

Open murder cases- 1999

DATE	NAME OF VICTIM	AGE	CAUSE OF DEATH	LOCATION OF MURDER
Feb. 15	Michael Branch	22	gunshot wound	8200^th block of Bancroft Way
Feb. 17	Nu Lu	39	gunshot wound	66 MacArthur Blvd.
Mar. 22	Sergio Baccerla	23	gunshot wound	6408 Flora
Apr. 1	Omari Harris	20	gunshot wound	746 Grand Ave.
Apr. 21	Demetrius Rodgers	22	gunshot wound	1120 E. 15^th street
Apr. 24	Eric Greer	20	gunshot wound	1845 74^th Ave.
May 14	Joy Artemis	37	gunshot wound	5055 Telegraph Ave.
June 4-	Abimbola Whittlock	20	gunshot wound	4700^th block of S. Coliseum Way
June 4-	Al Jenkins	28	gunshot wound	933 Mandela Pkwy.
June 12	D’Ante Bonds	18	gunshot wound	1211 96^th Ave.
June 21	Curtis Hill	18	gunshot wound	2500^th block of Seminary
July 3	Shaun Washington	28	gunshot wound	6475 Brentford
July 4	D’Mario Stephens	19	gunshot wound	2900^th block of Park Blvd.
July 5	Odilon Cardoso	22	stabbing wound	3200^th block of E. 14^th Street
July 20	Darryl Newhouse	40	gunshot wound	6126 Hilton
July 23	Keila McDonald	19	gunshot wound	3200^th block of West Street
July 31	Milton Clark	61	strangulation	2679 66^th Street
Aug. 4-	Julio Rodriguez	29	gunshot wound	3400^th block of High Street
Aug. 5	Jaime Williams	22	strangulation	2700^th block of Alicia Street
Aug. 9	Anthony Davis	40	gunshot wound	2439 66^th Ave.
Aug. 19	Vincent Robinson	21	gunshot wound	666 31^st Street
Sept. 3	Thomas Ridley	57	blunt trauma	5918 Foothill Blvd.
Sept. 7	Ignacio Barba	25	blunt trauma	448 Caswell
Sept. 11	Kris Frazier	27	gunshot wound	2601 Seminary
Oct. 10	Derrick White	30	gunshot wound	9500^th block of Sunnyside

(Compiled Oct 13, 1999)

Berkeley Homicides: 1998-1999

Anyone with information about these unsolved homicides is urged to call the Homicide Division of Berkeley Police at (510) 644-6839.

Unsolved 1998

1. The one unsolved is "one of the ones we don't like to get,” said Berkeley Homicide Detective Joe Sanchez.

Victim: Richard Devenchi, age 37, December 17, 1998 between 19-22nd St. Richard Devecchi run down by an American car. Driver suspected is African-American male in mid 30's Partial license of the vehicle, was obtained but there are hundreds of variations, thousands of variation. There is very little else to go on for this case.

Solved 1998

1. Anthony Durant, 1549 Oregon Street, shot, 33 (Michael Clark, arrested and accused of the murder).

2. Anthony Reyna, shot in front of 2019 8th St., 30s (outstanding warrant for person, won’t release name).

Unsolved 1999

None

Solved 1999

1. Sir Dante Peaker, shot, 2920 Otis Street Berkeley, 19-years-old (won’t release name of accused).

Richmond Homicides

According to the Homicide Division of the Richmond Police Department, the city had 18 homicides in 1998, 28 thus far in 1999. All of the 1998 cases are closed, although some remain unsolved. The Homicide Division declined to report the number of 1998 unsolved cases that were closed, the number of 1999 homicides still under investigation, the names, dates or circumstances of any of these crimes.

San Francisco Homicides

The Homicide Division of the San Francisco Police Department declined to release the names, dates, or circumstances of murders currently under investigation. According to a division spokesperson, however, 26 of 53 homicides in 1998 remain under investigation; 24 of 52 homicides occurring so far in 1999 remain under investigation.