Jessica Kingeter, left, with cousin Cindy Burgos. Photo: Courtesy of Cindy Burgos The Berkeley man convicted in the murder of a young woman he had met only hours earlier, in December 2012, is now facing 25 years to life in prison. A jury found 36-year-old Jamaal Anthony Prince guilty of first-degree murder just before noon Thursday in the slashing […]
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Jury deliberations begin in killing of Berkeley woman
Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter would have been 28 on Jan. 15, 2014. Photo: Rebecca Tolman Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter would have been 28 on Jan. 15, 2014. Photo: Rebecca Tolman Update, July 10, 12:06 p.m.: Just before noon, the jury returned a first-degree murder verdict, according to the Alameda County district attorney’s office. A sentencing date has not […]
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Trial begins in stabbing death of Berkeley woman
Jamaal Prince, via Facebook The trial of a Berkeley man accused of stabbing to death a 26-year-old woman in late 2012 began Wednesday morning in Oakland Superior Court. Wednesday afternoon, a key witness for the prosecution failed to appear, and Judge Jon Rolefson issued a warrant for his arrest. If Julius Johnson cannot be found, the prosecution plans to read his […]
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On murdered woman’s birthday, alleged killer ordered to face charges
Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter would have been 28 on Jan. 15, 2014. Photo: Rebecca Tolman A Berkeley man accused of a brutal stabbing in late 2012, which killed a local Laney College student and hairstylist, has been ordered to face the murder charges brought against him by the Alameda County district attorney’s office. Jamaal Prince, 35, […]
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Relatives remember slain Berkeley woman
Jessica Kingeter. Photo: Courtesy of Cindy Burgos The young Berkeley woman who was stabbed to death in East Oakland at the end of December loved cooking, dancing and styling hair. Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter grew up in Berkeley and Albany, dancing for 12 seasons in The Nutcracker at the Julia Morgan Theater on College Avenue, swimming in […]
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New details emerge in stabbing of Berkeley woman
Jessica Kingeter, left, with cousin Cindy Burgos. Photo: Courtesy of Cindy Burgos The five-time felon charged in the stabbing death of Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter was found at the scene of her killing naked and covered in blood with a knife nearby, according to authorities. Last week, police arrested Jamaal Prince, 34, of Berkeley in Kingeter’s death. He […]
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Five-time felon charged with murder of Berkeley woman
Police found the body of Jennifer “Jessica” Kingeter of Berkeley in an apartment in East Oakland on Dec. 28. Image source: Google Maps A 34-year-old Berkeley man who was on parole for a 2010 assault on his mother has been charged with the stabbing death on Friday of a Berkeley woman in her 20s, according […]