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Police, FBI Dig Near Train Tracks In Oakland Homicide Cold Case

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- A crew was excavating a site in Oakland Thursday as part of an investigation into a 2004 homicide case.

The FBI said its San Francisco division was assisting the Oakland Police Department and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office with the homicide investigation.

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Police and FBI agents were in a cordoned off area in West Oakland around 7th and Maritime. An excavator was seen clearing a spot under trees next to the elevated BART tracks and Union Pacific railroad tracks.

The site is next to a small utility building.
Police did not immediately release more details.
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