The physique of a lacking girl was discovered stashed in an attic hidden behind a secret wall inside a California hoarder house, police introduced Wednesday.
Renia Lewis, 28, was final seen alive on Friday, triggering an investigation that led authorities to “a house within the unit block of 14th Avenue in Vallejo” on Sunday, in line with a Vallejo Police Division press launch.
Officers carried out “a welfare verify and a cursory search of all rooms, closets and locations an individual might cover,” however they discovered “no indicators of the lacking girl.”
The next day, the California State Freeway Patrol issued an Ebony Alert and brokers with the FBI joined the investigation.
On Tuesday, authorities returned to the identical residence with a warrant, “citing new investigative info,” police mentioned. The next search turned up “a hid entry into the attic,” the place “the stays of a deceased feminine” have been discovered.
Authorities mentioned there have been indicators Lewis had been on the “hoarder-style” residence previous to her disappearance, KTUV reported. Few different particulars, together with her reason for demise, have been supplied.
A suspect, recognized as 41-year-old Douglas Shaw, was arrested shortly after Lewis’ stays have been discovered. He allegedly confessed to the “heinous crime,” and he was booked into Solano County Jail for homicide, police mentioned.
