Coroner IDs Suspected Murder Victim In Concord

A man who police believe was murdered inside his Concord home earlier this month has been identified as 68-year-old James Bale, a Contra Costa County coroner’s deputy said today.

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Autopsy results are still pending, the deputy said.

Bale’s caretaker found his body inside his home in the 3400 block of Sanford Street around 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 13, according to police.

Police said the death appeared suspicious and that the case was being treated as a homicide.

An update on the investigation was not immediately available today.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Concord police Detective Greg Mahan at (925) 603-5814.

--Bay City News

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