Oakland, CA – On August 12, 2014, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged Joseph Bontempo, 53, of Oakland with the murder of his wife, Laurie Wolfe, 57, who died July 6, 2014. The Oakland Police Department arrested Bontempo on August 12, 2014 after the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau determined that Wolfe’s injuries were caused by blunt-force trauma.
Background: On July 6, 2014, after 6:00 PM emergency medical personnel responding to a 911 call in the 6700 block of Saroni Drive contacted the Oakland Police Department and reported what appeared to be a suspicious death. Homicide investigators responded to the scene and the case was referred to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau pending cause of death.
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