A Martinez woman was found beaten to death in an
Antioch motel room Friday morning, and her estranged boyfriend who was
with her is considered a suspect, police said.
A male friend of the 52-year-old victim called police to the
Riverview Motel on East 18th Street just before 8 a.m. after going to a
motel room and discovering the aftermath of a violent struggle, police
said. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene from what appeared to be blunt-force injuries. Her identity was not immediately released. Her death marked the city’s seventh homicide of the year.
The woman’s estranged boyfriend, a 62-year-old Antioch resident, was present when police arrived, and investigators believe he was with the victim in the room, which police said was “in disarray.”
Acting Lt. Diane Aguinaga said the victim and her boyfriend were attempting to reconcile before violence broke out. The man is considered a suspect and is being questioned by police, but no arrest has been made.
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