Cold Cases in Oakland, California
ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Oakland, California, dated 2006 to 2009. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Nina Reiser (2006) and the most recent is Oscar Grant (2009).
Status of the 2 cases
- Solved or convicted 2 (100%)
By type
All 2 cases
Conviction
2009
Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant was shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on the Fruitvale station platform in Oakland on January 1, 2009, and died hours later. Mehserle testified he mistook his gun for his Taser.
Conviction
2006
Nina Reiser
Nina Reiser, 31, disappeared on September 3, 2006, after dropping her two children at her estranged husband's home in Oakland, California.