[Wild Irish Rogue]

Some questions,since you obviously have knowledge of the area and marine conditions.I have only driven by the marina,as a tourist,can you orient me to the area where they have gotten the hit? Is it in an area in full view or in a less visible area, along the shore? If it is an area visible to the highway,marina,etc-would it be possible to offload a body,in daylight,without attracting some kind of attention?Logic would say no,but the Bay area is so large,it might be possible. The picture I saw of the boat looked like it had very little freeboard-would the boat rock,if someone was dragging and dumping a deadweight over the side, thus attracting attention? I know 2 men can fish in the front of a bass boat,without causing a tip,but, that's 2 people distributing their weight differently than the possible situation here. Is the marina locked overnight? If so, could someone launch a boat elsewhere at night,drop the body and then return in the daytime,to get their receipt/alibi at the marina?

[antaresequity]

First off draw your attention to east shore near Albany. The obvious land fill with what appears as a central harbor carved out of it is the Berkley Marina. Its north of the bridge and has a long pier extended from it.

The initial reports had the husband saying he had launched at Berkeley, and fished at Brooks Island..the water depth avgs only 5-7 ft deep [high tide] when heading to Brooks from Berkeley. This fetch of water is particularily nasty when the West winds are whipped up..the boat he had was capable of doing this, but extremly stupid if you ask me.

Secondly here is a blow up of the Marina. In this image the top of the picture is West-SouthWest.The launch ramp is locted at #6. This ramp remains open 24 hours a day.

If I was launching at Berkley to dump a body, I wouldn't dump it in the "Marina". I would proceed North-NorthWest to near Brooks at night. I would then let the tide leave me high and dry. I would make sure that I would be refloated before daybreak by the next flood tide. While I was high and dry, I would take the weighted down corpse, and dig a hole in the soft bay mud. I would try and shuv it in as deep as possible. Lots of weight.

After a few tide cycles, this disturbance to an otherwise featurless flat would resume a normal look. Especially if it rained at low tide...

If the cops are looking actually within the confines of the Marina, I think they are nuts. With live aboards and what not...way to risky.

And Yes....there are several other areas nearby to launch: Richmond Inner Harbor, Emeryville, Alameda...