UNION CITY — Alameda County prosecutors have charged a person with homicide in reference to the loss of life of a person who was so badly crushed it took police almost two weeks to establish him.
Brandon Kong, 48, was charged with killing Jason Deleon. He stays jailed on a no-bail maintain, and is due in court docket on April 20 to enter a plea, court docket data present.
Deleon was crushed to loss of life on March 11, at a homeless encampment alongside railroad tracks between 33375 Central Ave. and 33390 Transit Ave. in Union Metropolis, police say. Eyewitnesses later reported that his assailant hit him with a frying pan and strangled him with a bungee twine earlier than forcing him into one other individual’s tent. When police arrived, he was so badly crushed that his face was unrecognizable, police stated in court docket data.
Authorities interviewed individuals who lived on the encampment and discovered that Kong had accused Deleon of stealing, and that the 2 had prior arguments main as much as the murder.
Kong was arrested in late March, after a police tipster noticed him strolling in one other a part of Union Metropolis. He reportedly tried to run away, however police used a K9 to detain him. He was arrested within the yard of a 4th Avenue residence, police stated in court docket data. The data don’t say whether or not the police canine bit Kong.
After his arrest, Kong declined to supply a press release, in accordance with court docket data. He's being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.