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Body found on Saturday near Berkeley City Hall; memorial planned for Tuesday at 5

Daniel Montes (BCN)and Planet
Monday January 16, 2017 - 10:22:00 PM

A property owner in Berkeley called police after finding a body at the property Saturday morning, according to police.

"First They Came for the Homeless" has asked community members to gather for a memorial for the woman, as yet not identified by the police, on Tuesday at 5 on the steps of Berkeley City Hall at 2180 Milvia. 

At about 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, officers received a report of a woman's body found in the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley police Sgt. Andrew Frankel said. 

The property is located directly across the street from Berkeley High School. 

The woman appeared to be camping at the time of her death, according to Frankel. 

She has not been identified pending the notification of her next of kin, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau. 

Police are looking into how the woman died, Frankel said.