> today the family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to sandra's return. this search is just getting into full swing. the oakland police department said they will be here all night long and hope that sandra coke is alive, but they believe this search could determine whether or not foul play is involved. reporting live at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo, abc 7 news. >> if there any developments during this newscast, we will bring them to you right away. our coverage continues on twitter in the bay area as well. >> a break in the case of a nursing student shot to death over the weekend. late today police arrested the man they believe pulled the trigger on the same day the family gathered for her funeral. live in san jose with new details. lisa? >> reporter: kimberly chico was a passenger in a car when she was shot and killed and police arrested a man who was standing right here when he shot her. homicide detectives and investigators from the district attorney's office took another closer look at the area where kimberly chico was murdered less than 2

lollipops and moonbeams, horsies and baby dreams ♪ >>> a break in the case of missing oakland woman sandraon who disappeared sunday night. the focus is where a late night search is under way. i'm carolyn johnson. >> the search is happening in vallejo near the fairgrounds. a person of interest is being questioned. abc 7's reporter alan wong is live where it began late this evening. why so late? >> reporter: they won't say exactly why, but there is definitely a sense of urgency. the command post we have seen a move out on foot and all te rape vehicles. a group just left here. the sense of urgency is so strong that they launched this search in the dark with just a few hours left in the day. around 8:30 the police department's investigative unit walked out and went straight to vallejo. search crews were combing the fairgrounds and dan foley park for clues leading to 50-year-old sandra coke who has been missing since sunday. >> not only land, but also the body of water that is adjacent to the fairgrounds. >> police will not say who provided the information that led them here, but they are quest

sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this month, he said sandra picked him up and took him home. they celebrated her 50th birthday the following day. he told me she recently said, this time when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan. but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9, near a park in vacaville. now this jailhouse interview lasted 30 minutes. he was engaging and a choice to show up for the interview or not or talk for that length of time or not. he did not talk specifically about what happened in her disappearance and what happened the day she was murdered. keep in mind, he is heren a parole violation because he violated a stay away order from sandra koch. >> he's a person of interest right now, he's not a suspect yet. juliette, what about sandra koch's family? what are they saying about all of this? >> they are thankful for all of the media attention when it came to looking for sandra and they have su

> today the family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to sandra's return. this search is just getting into full swing. the oakland police department said they will be here all night long and hope that sandra coke is alive, but they believe this search could determine whether or not foul play is involved. reporting live at the solano county fairgrounds in vallejo, abc 7 news. >> if there any developments during this newscast, we will bring them to you right away. our coverage continues on twitter in the bay area as well. >> a break in the case of a nursing student shot to death over the weekend. late today police arrested the man they believe pulled the trigger on the same day the family gathered for her funeral. live in san jose with new details. lisa? >> reporter: kimberly chico was a passenger in a car when she was shot and killed and police arrested a man who was standing right here when he shot her. homicide detectives and investigators from the district attorney's office took another closer look at the area where kimberly chico was murdered less than 2

sandra is loving and carrying. while those who knew sandra have started paying the respect in the form of flowers. >> and, she seems to care a lot for her daughter. >> the sandra devoted her professional life helping poor and those with difficult childhood. >> with the belief that no person should be judge only by the worst act he or she committed >>> randy alana, the person interest of this case, police are not answering any questions concerning him. he's still behind bars on separate charges involving a parole violation. >> reporter: at this point there is a number of unanswered questions of this case. we don't know in sandra coke was abused or assaulted and we adopt know what condition her body was in when it was recovered, jr stone, kron 4 news >>> it happened at a construction site on the school's campus, there is a video from the helicopter partnership with abc session news, classes were not in session today, school officials did not release the victim's identity. cal-osha is handling the investigation. >>> a

and he dated 50-year-old sandra coke 20 years ago. he had recently contacted her and they were seen together the night she went missing last sunday. the search here originally began at around 8:00 last night. >> she left the house to go to the drugstore on her daughter's behalf and hours late when she didn't come back her daughter called me frightened and that is too unusual. >> information during this investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: now, alana has not been charged in this case. he is being held in jail on a parole violation as a registered sex offender. he has already done time for kidnapping and rape, murder charge for which he was acquitted as a no contest plea in a jailhouse stabbing. at this point police are not saying whether they think sandra coke is alive or dead. live in vallejo, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> this latest development comes as family and friends announce a $100,000 reward for information about coke's disappearance. family members cezanne dra is

it is 5:29. >>> we have new developments in the search for sandra coke. of prison and no one can find her. new information has led detectives to the solano county fairgrounds and lake chabot in vallejo this morning. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is there with the latest on the search going on all night. >> reporter: i'm here at the command post. investigators won't say why they are focused here on the solano county fairgrounds and the surrounding area we we know this ex-boyfriend of sandra coke, randy alana, is a person of interest in the case. he has an alias and we found an address for that name not far from here in vallejo. he has a long criminal history as a sex offender and he dated 50-year-old sandra coke 20 years ago but had recently contacted her. they were seen together the night she went missing last sunday night after leaving her home. alana hasn't been charged in the case. but he is being held in jail on a parole violation. police will not say whether or not they believe sandra coke is alive this morning. friends and family have put up a $100,0

we have team coverage on the search for sandra. don is in vallejo, but first linda yi with more on the person of interest detained today. >> reporter: new developments tonight, a history with a boyfriend that has a violent past. now police are involved in an all-night search for sandra. >> reporter: detectives with the major crime unit of homicide headed here late tonight. they expect they may found sandra coke near the fairgrounds. >> they'll be up there all night, searching that particular area, not only land but also the body of water. >> reporter: police developed the lead after talking to registered sex offender, randy alana. he was released from prison and arrested today on unrelated charges. >> he is known to sandra, they have had a history of dating, they are known to each other. >> reporter: coke is an investigator with the defender's office in sacramento. she disappeared sunday after 8:30 pm leaving her 15-year-old daughter at home. >> she left the house to go to the drug store on her daughter's behalf, and hours later, h

is breaking news tonight out of vallejo a massive search under way right now for a missing woman, sandra coke, investigators went missing on sunday night. family and friends and police have been searching fortunately since. tonight news of a new search area and a person of interest. kron 4 news is live in vallejo, and he has the latest details, jr. >> reporter: the last 2 minutes or so around 30 searchers just left this area. you can look o and you can see the police of oakland who are still on scene here. there are still a number of people search ng large areas. they're not just on ground out here, they're also on altering vehicles. it covers every park area, there is water in this area so they don't have boats out here at this point but they're on foot and they do plan to search through the night to try to find clues that might lead them to sandra coke. i asked them why not wait until the sun comes up in the morning, they said no, they have credible information that would lead them to believe that she could possibly be here. i talked to investigators about this case and this is what th

. >> sandra coke has so many friends it wasn't hard to raise the money this, afternoon we have learn that had she left her home sunday to go to the drug store and now, we know she never returned. >> him here with several members of my family. we will not leave until she is found. >> that is sandra coke's sister surrounded by a few of her many friends. they gathered to announce the $100,000 reward along with a tip line they hope will help locate sandra. the 50-year-old last seen by her daughter on sunday night. she left the house. she left to go to the drug store on her daughter's bee haifl, hours later her daughter called me, frightened. >> her friends believe she may have got kren a phone call, perhaps they say to meet someone who apparently had information on her missing dog. the dog stolen in may when her home was burglarized. the family says it wasn't the first time sandra had gotten a call from someone about her missing dog. a friend said one caller tried to extort money from her, police found her car, empty in an oakland parking lot. her work cell phone discovered nearby. perso

to the north bay comes as a new "person of interest" is brought to light in the disabotherrance of sandra coke. and now kira, what do you have? >> the search resumed at 8:00 this morning and we are three hours in. authorities searched if five hours. they are not saying what brought them here but they are saying that a registered sex offender who used to date sandra coke is now a "person of interest" in the disappearance. >> the her is take the search to the water scowing for any evidence of missing oakland woman sandra coke. they said the dense vegetation could make this search difficult. >> any clothing she may have been wearing, we have a clothing description, and shoes, clothing, anything that looks like it could be a crime seen. author using dogs, and ground searchers and all terrain vehicles to fine the criminal defense investigator who vanished. her car was found in a park lot in north oakland with two cell phones found one in emeryville and one in richmond. authorities are type limited -- tightlipped about the shift in search locations. >> we have other steps and areas do look into

alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released august 1, she picked him up and took him home. he told me she recently said this time when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan, but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9 near a park in vacaville. i asked alana if he didn't kill sandra, who did, he said he didn't know, but it wasn't him. keep in mind, he is behind bars as a person of interest. he violated a parole that was a stay away order from sandra coke. >> alana told her the da asked him not to make any comments. >>> people are being told to get out of the way of this wild fire as it roars closer to yosemite. the rim fire is only 1% contained tonight. just outside the park, people are being evacuated. since the fire started, 63,000 acres have been burned hawaii is an area the size of san francisco. look at this. this is a shot from a black hawk helicopter of a team fighting the fire from the air. this team scooped up water from nearby la

alana said sandra had a heart of gold. when he was released from jail august 1 of this month, he said sandra picked him up and took him home. they celebrated her 50th birthday the following day. he told me she recently said, this time, when you get out of jail, we will get married so you can be on my health plan." but three days after his release, sandra went missing. her body found august 9th near a park in vacaville. juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >> we asked sandra's sister about what alana told juliette yesterday. she said the d.a. asked her to make no comment. >>> police are searching for a man suspected of brazenly attacking a woman near santa clara university. she was walking on franklin street near the intersection of sherman street just after midnight wednesday morning. police say a man knocked her down and sexually assaulted her. the woman fought back and he ran away. now, this is a sketch of the attacker. a white man, 6 feet to 6'2" with an athletic build, clean- shaven with dirty blonde hair last seen wearing a whi

sandra coke. earlier today, nbc bay area obtained exclusive information that police have detained a person of interest in her disappearance. he is 56-year-old randy alana, a convicted sex offender, who has a personal history with coke. and tonight, police are taking their search into vallejo. that's where we find cheryl hurd. >> reporter: police agencies are looking for sandra coke. they will not tell us what led them there but they are pulling out all the stops to find her. members of the major crimes unit homicide left oakland police headquarters tonight, heading for the fairgrounds in vallejo, to search for a missing oakland woman, sandra coke. >> there's a person of interest. and that person has been arrested on a separate offense. we have not arrested this person in this case. but we are looking at this person as a person of interest. and that person is randy alana. >> reporter: nbc bay area has learned that alana is a sex offender, with a violent past. he's being held on a parole violation a

. >>> the search for sandra coke took a grim turn this afternoon. at this hour, the medical examiner is on the ground in vacaville in the ongoing search for the missing woman from oakland who has not been seen since last sunday. a woman's body was found at this site in vacaville this afternoon. shortly after search teams announced they were leaving vallejo and heading to the lagoon valley regional park. the body was found on the other side of interstate 80 by cherry glen road. we have live team coverage of the active investigation. paul chambers has spent the day learning more about the person of interest named in coke's disappearance. first, we go to ktvus mike mibach in vacaville where the area has been taped off to investigators. mike. >> reporter: i'm standing in the middle of cherry glen road and it's blocked off the last four hours. highway patrol is keeping us back a good 150 yards or so and it's down this road, right through the trees where the body of a woman was discovered this afternoon. from news chopper 2, a crime scene down below. toni

kpix 5's mark sayre outside sandra coke's home in oakland. her family undoubtedly devastated. but they still have to be looking for answers as well here. >> reporter: the family releasing a statement this afternoon thanking law enforcement and also members of the public for all the tireless work in locating sandra coke's body but the fact remains there is still nobody charged in her murder. >> the coroner's office has identified the woman as sandra coke. >> reporter: with those few words, oakland police confirmed what family members and friends of sandra coke had feared: the body recovered by investigators near vacaville on friday is that of the 50-year-old employee of the federal defender's office. >> at this time, the oakland police department will not be releasing any additional information other than the identification. >> reporter: coke was last seen on august 4th after leaving her home here on aileen street in north oakland. police arrested this man, 56- year-old randy alana, on an unrelated parole violation. but at this point he hasn't been charged in coke's death. alan

sin embargo, autoridades dijeron que la bsqueda de sandra coke est terminando.oke de 50 aÑos y residente de oakland, desapareci el domingo pasado despus de decirle a su hija que iba a la farmacia y regresaba en media hora. la polica dice que un ex- novio de coke de nombre randy alana, quien es un delincuente sexual convicto de rapto, y quien est vinculado a dos homicidios, es una persona de inters en el caso.. una fuente nos

massive search right now this morning to find sandra coke. however, investigators at this point won't say why they're focusing their search on the fairgrounds. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live at the command post. christie, a person of interest linked to sandra coke is in custody right now. so far he's not being named a suspect in their disappearance. what do you know about this? >> good morning to you. i can tell you the search does ramp up here in about two hours at the solana county fairgrou s fairgrounds. this is right near six flags. as you said, investigators haven't said exactly why they chose to search this area. there is a person of interest in the case who has ties to sandra coke's background. he is a registered sex offender. randy alana was arrested tuesday on an unrelated parole violation, but is being questioned in coke's disappearance. his prior convictions include rape and kidnapping. police say he knew coke. they actually dated more than 20 years ago. coke was last seen on sunday when she said she was going to look

sandra coke is missing. we have information on a man detained on a parole violation. >> reporter: it is a man she dated 20 years ago. several law enforcement sources say they detained the man and he could help in the disappearance of coke. he was booked into santa rita jail. he was on the megan's list website. he is wanted for kidnap and rape. her last address is 9 and a half blocks from where sandra coke was. they contacted sandra in getting his life back together. there is a reward for information about her disappearance. >> sandra would have done the same, and we all are desperate to see her return home safely. >> they have set up a hot line for tips on coke's disappearance. our sources said randy alana is not talking. life in the news room, erick rassmussen. >>> they have arrested a suspect in the firing death of a nurse who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. kimberly chico was in a car. . >> it is tragic this lady was murdered. that could have been anybody driving down the street and catching a s

so, again, i want to thank sandra. i want to thank annie, i want to thank all the community groups that are standing behind us, people that we'll work with to help us be the successful city that we always feel we are, but we want to get more out of our citizens than just living and enjoying life here. we have to participate in the fullest way and this is what's going to make our city even more successful. thank you very much for participating here today. (applause) >> thank you, mayor lee. we would not get all these things done in san francisco without the leadership and support of the san francisco board of supervisors. and supervisor david chiu is a former criminal prosecutor, civil rights, and immigration attorney, technology, entrepreneur, senate judiciary aid, and democratic council. he's done a lot of things in his life. he's also talented and highly effective leader of the san francisco board of supervisors where he has served as president since 2009. president chiu. (applause) >> thank you, and good morning, ev

jake and sandra bennett were the parents of sammy, 11, and kayla, 9.eld office called me. the previous night, the other family, the archers, were killed just across the state line in nebraska. he thinks it's the same offender. the m.o. is consistent. both mothers died due to severe blunt-force trauma, and the fathers suffered multiple stab wounds. the children were all strangled. violence only in the kids' rooms, but no sexual abuse on any of the children. that's odd. odd comes up right now, because the bennett father was not just stabbed, he was also... and those pictures are in your personal files because i didn't think they needed the help of 1080p. his chest was opened, organs disturbed, intestines removed. that's awesome. could we please leave the gross part of the conversation for the plane? the father of the archer family had multiple stab wounds but no dissection. so he went from piquerism to this overnight? 2 families in 2 days. he's on a spree. wheels up in 30. hey, morgan. ellie, how did you get past airport security? i stayed real close to

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reaction from sandra coke's news. we are following a developing story out of san lorenzo where overnight a man was shot and killed. it happened on the 18- hundred block of robscott avenue. which is about a kron 4's will tran is at the scene with the latest on the case. will >>will: and james the search continues for the people killed this person around 1210 this morning. if the investigators are here. instead of scaling down there are any more investigators who are arriving there. the shot take place a few feet from where i am standing. we do know is a 33 year-old hispanic man. here is video from the scene. if this all happened at about 1210 in the morning. they don't believe he lives in this area. possibly visiting someone grief he was standing on the street when multiple shots were fired. he was only one who was shot. paramedics came out here it's a tried to rescue him and revive him but they were unable to do that so he died at the scene. no one inside the home surrounded this area were hit. in fact they don't thin

sandra coke first met randy alana 20 years ago. last sunday they met again. >> information during the investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: the circumstances are as of yet unclear. >> that was mike sugerman reporting. it's also not clear how alana and coke met in the first place. again, we're still awaiting identification of the body found today in vacaville as well as whether alana is formally considered a suspect in coke's disappearance e. >>> a disturbing story tonight about one of the bay area's internet millionaires. the person has been charged with 45 felony domestic violence counts in an alleged attack on his girlfriend. we have photos from the "chronicle" that show 391-year- old shah hal living the good life in his san francisco penthouse. but today he pleaded not guilty to assault. prosecutors say what they are calling surveillance video from his bedroom captured parts of the 30-minute attack. at one point, they say he even tried to smother her with a pillow

sandra's always gone above and beyond the call of duty.harge of the street parks program and i'm involved with that kind of work in the city. she's also involved with the clean streets program. and she's also -- a lot of people don't know this -- a board member of the american community garden association. and she ran the show for this big huge conference we had this last august. i called her the hener lisa ma. she's real a dine a moe and we're so lucky to have her in the city. * dynamo. so, i want to invite sandra up here as our most empowering city employee of the year. (applause) >> everybody here, sandra has touched all your lives. >> i'm truly honored. you guys are all wonderful to work with. i love the community. you know that. i'm allegation here for you. thank you so much for this honor. it's all about you guys. thank you so much. (applause) ♪ >> i'd now like to invite the supervisor for district 9, supervisor david campos, to represent the next award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. welcome to this beautiful building here at

he was last seen with sandra coke the. we go to eric rasmussen. >> reporter: police tell us they will be searching by land and by water. this could go on all night long. we have detectives out here. search and rescue teams even members of the fbi. police confirmed a man sandra coke once dated is a person of interest. he is in custody but they have not said if he's the one that gave them the information that led them here tonight. even though it's after dark. police say they launched this search as soon as they learned this might be where they could find sandra coke. the 50-year-old woman from oakland as been missing since sunday evening. >> we're still treating this as a missing person we're also looking at this from an angle if there is foul play involved. >> reporter: police also confirmed they've identified 56- year-old randy alana as a person of interest. alana who has prior convictions of kidnap and rape was picked up a few days ago. he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with cok

the coroner's office has identified the woman as sandra coke. >> reporter: it's the news sandra coke's friends and family have dreaded getting. but police have now confirmed the body found last friday in salano county was indeed that of federal investigator sandra coke who disappeared more than a week ago. >> we're extremely limited regarding information that we can share with the media and the community at this particular investigation. >> reporter: police say coke's former boyfriend, parolee randy alana, remains a person of interest in the case. tonight we're learning more about alana's violent past. not only is he a high-risk sex offender convicted of kidnapping and rape, he was also charged with two murders in the 80s. according to court documents, one alleged victim was found with a claw hammer protruding from the back of her head. while the jury deadlocked on that case, he later pled guilty to manslaughter in the killing of a fellow jail inmate. >> what we will say at this time is that randy alana is still considering a person of interest. >> reporter: meanwhile, friends, family

he was last seen with sandra coke the. we go to eric rasmussen. >> reporter: police tell us they will be searching by land and by water. this could go on all night long. we have detectives out here. search and rescue teams even members of the fbi. police confirmed a man sandra coke once dated is a person of interest. he is in custody but they have not said if he's the one that gave them the information that led them here tonight. even though it's after dark. police say they launched this search as soon as they learned this might be where they could find sandra coke. the 50-year-old woman from oakland as been missing since sunday evening. >> we're still treating this as a missing person we're also looking at this from an angle if there is foul play involved. >> reporter: police also confirmed they've identified 56- year-old randy alana as a person of interest. alana who has prior convictions of kidnap and rape was picked up a few days ago. he had recently contacted alana. tonight police revealed alana had been seen with cok

. >> sandra coke is a good and kind woman. her daughter and family need her. >> a plea for help from the family of that missing oakland woman. >> it's significant enough that we're taking every precaution. >> president obama speaks out about the terror threat that shut down embassies in the muslim world. >> criminal charges have been filed in the deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya. >> musty, dirt-like. >> a nasty taste coming from bay area taps. >> the santa clara valley water district says they are battling mother nature now. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> hi, everyone. good morning. it's wednesday, august 7. i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning. i'm juliette goodrich. michelle is off this morning. it is 6:01. we are following several developing stories as you wake up. oakland police are searching for the suspects who s

. >> police searching for sandra koch are searching for a killer. the investigation led them to a wooded area in vacville and a woman's body. that body has not been officially identified yet, but detectives tell dalin, they are no longer looking for sandra. >> that is correct. things are not looking very good for the family at this time. investigators cleared the scene about an hour and a half ago. the body was located in solano county. it was the coroner who came to retrieve the body. oakland detectives have ended the search for sandra koch and begun the homicide investigation. crime scene investigators spent hours gathering evidence here. after a contra costa search and rescue team found a woman's body around 2:00. >> we are awaiting official confirmation on the identity of the body. >> all indications are pointing to a tragic end in the search for 50-year-old, sandra cook, who vanished from her oakland home sunday. oakland investigators developed information late this morning that led them to lagoon valley park, just south of vacville. investigat

sandra coke disappeared sunday evening.y announced a $100,000 reward for information about her disappearance. >> she was the find of person who would have done the same and we all are just desperate to see her returned home safely. >> reporter: today her family announced they set up a hot line for people to leave tips, you will find it on www.ktvu.com. at this point our sources say he is not talking. sandra coke's family asks if he has any information that he immediately come forward with it. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new lawsuit filed in the asiana airles

when we spoke about sandra coke he cried. why would i grieve for someone i distribute love.anned to get married. they met 20 years ago. alana remember how coke would hide his criminal past. it bothered him coke was embarrassed by him. alana was the last person seen with coke on august 4th. when i asked if he hurt sandra coke his answer "absolutely not" no physically but sometimes love hurts. she hurt me and i hurt her. he would not elaborate. when i asked who do you think would want to harm her. his answer through tears that police need to stop looking at me. coke's family are grieving their loss and a spokesperson said "why would we or anyone else believe what he has to say." >>> walnut creek police believe that as many as half a dozen people may have been involved in the burglary at tiff annise a week and a half ago -- tiffany's a week 1/2 ago. you can see the stolen pickup truck truck used to break through the front door and two unknown vehicles and the blazer used as a getaway car. six suspects are seen in the video. it's possible this could have been part of a larger cr

joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: sandra coke is a good and kind woman. her daughter needs her. her family needs her h. >> reporter: tanya says her sister sandra is missing and might be in danger. sandra is a well respected investigator for the attorneys at the federal public defender's office in sacramento. >> her work has been instrumental in saving the life of one of my clients who was on death row. >> she has spent her career working in legal offices as an investigator fighting for the underdog. >> reporter: the underdog in this case may have nothing to do with this. a dog was stolen during the burglary. two men said they were give her $1,000 to get it back. they are in jail, the dog is still missing. >> possibly she was trying to meet with one of these guys, trying to get her dog back. >> that's what we think but we don't know. >> reporter: sandra coke was last seen sunday night at her home on aleen street in oakland. her work phone was found in emeryville and that she traced her sister's cell phone and it ended up in richmond near mcdonald's. this is a commercial area, sto

the search for sandra coke continues.er away from her home in north oakland. in the past 24 hours, investigators have visited kron 4's charles clifford has a closer look at those locations. >> reporter: this is an overhead google earth view of vallejo. late thursday evening and early friday morning search teams scoured the area in and around lake chabot. this is near the intersection of highway 37 and interstate 80, right next to six flags discovery kingdom. but apparently, after coming up empty handed, the oakland police department and the solano county sheriff's department shifted the search effort from here in vallejo to lagoon valley park in vacaville..this is about 19 miles to the north along interstate 80. this is a mostly rural area between vacaville and fairfield. we don't know what prompted them to move the search to this location but around around 2:30 friday afternoon a female body was found on the west side of interstate 80.. that's the opposite side from lagoon valley park. in the newsroom, charles clifford k

in a statement, sandra's family made no mention of alana. instead, they thanked those who searched for her and said the cope family is devastated by the loss of our beloved sandra. all of us will miss sandra's beautiful givinging spirit. today i check t with the coroner. he is not releasing sandra cope's cause of death also citing this sensitive investigation. police are only calling randy alana a person of interest and not a suspect. however, we are continuing to gather more information about him and we're putting that together for 6:00. live in oakland, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> members of the federal defender office for sandra where an investigator issued a statement today saying they are heart-broken. its in partisan doctor was a compassionate, intelligent, thorough investigateor. a devoted single mother and friend to her coworkers. she dedicated her work and her life to looking for the best in people. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this is a live look at where that project stands right now.

sandra coke's family is worried. she is in danger. latest case she was working on was personal involving her stolen dog being held for ransom. two men told her they would give her the dog back for $1,000. those men ended up in jail, but one of them recently got out. >> possible she was trying to meet with one of these guys, trying to get her dog back? >> that's what we surmise but don't know. >> sandra coke bass last seen sunday night at her oakland home. police found her car monday night about 2 miles away. her sister says sandra's work phone was found in emeryville and her personal cell phone was traced to richmond. >>> 5:32. ac transit buses are picking up passengers in the east bay this morning. the threatened strike all averted about an hour before the midnight strike deadline late last night. the tentative contract includes a 9.5% raise and it has employees paying part of their healthcare costs now. it is a three-year deal. the union chief was asked about advice now for bart negotiators. >> stay there. you know? don't get tired.

sandra coke worked as an investigator in sacramento.she worked on behalf of people who ha#j9v been convicted of crimes. in fact one old boyfriend who with a long criminal history is now being identified as a person of interest in the investigation. >> the coroner identified the woman as sandra coke and will not be releasing information other than identification. >> she told her 15-year-old daughter she was go together drug store, then to talk with someone calling about information on her missing fog. family and neighbors put up missing poster her daughter reportedly used my find my phone application to look for her mother's cell phone. signals led teams to this area near lagoon valley park. they found the body friday near an interstate 85 onramp. police are questioning the former are boyfriend who dated coke years ago. he has a long criminal history. police are being careful not to call him a suspect. >> randy is considered a person of interest, only. >> patricia williams carried flowers to coke's front door. >> just a wonderful neighbo

the search for sandra coke has cities around the east bay. kron-4's charles clifford shows us how the mystery has unfolded. >> reporter: this is an overhead google earth view of north oakland. sandra coke lived here along aileen street. she was last seen around 830pm sunday. on monday her car was found two miles away on 32nd street. her cell phone was found 9 miles north in richmond. late thursday evening and early friday morning search teams scoured the area in and around lake chabot. this is near the intersection of highway 37 and interstate 80, right next to six flags discovery kingdom. oakland police department and the solano county sheriff's department shifted the search effort from here in vallejo to lagoon valley park in vacaville..this is about 19 miles to the north along interstate 80. 2:30 friday afternoon a female body was found on the west side of interstate 80.. that's the opposite side from lagoon valley park. they searched the leak and around noon on friday the oakland police department wanted to go further now it was announced