Body found in Pleasanton park believed to be Philip Kreycik, missing Berkeley man
PLEASANTON — Alameda County Sheriff’s officials and Pleasanton police officers said coroner’s officials said Tuesday that they have recovered a body believed to be that of a missing Berkeley man who went for a run last month.
Detectives from Pleasanton police and the East Bay Regional Park District police departments were at the scene where a citizen volunteer found the body about 250 feet away from a game trail under a tree in a remote northern section of Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
In remarks, officials struck a somber tone as they offered their condolences to family and friends of Philip Kreycik, 38, and to the community of volunteers who never gave up looking for the missing man.
“We want to offer any support we can to friends and family who have been searching and spending countless hours looking for Philip,” Pleasanton police Officer Erik Silacci said at a press conference. “We would like to thank all those agencies who helped out at this time.”
Although an official identification will fall to Alameda County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s officials, Sgt. Ray Kelly appeared certain about the grim discovery.
“We’re very heartbroken today,” Kelly said. “Our team our collective group of law enforcement personnel has never wavered. From the coroner’s bureau perspective we’ll do a positive inspection, but everything leads us to believe we did find Philip up there on the ridge.
“Collectively our mood is very somber. We wanted to bring him home alive and safe, so to deliver this news today is very hard.”
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