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Oakland man charged with beating woman to death while on probation for attacking roommate

Jeffrey McMaster Jr. faces murder charges after a fatal beating caught on hotel security footage; this is Oakland's 10th homicide in 2026, police reported.

Summary by The Mercury News
OAKLAND — A man with previous convictions for sexual assault and attacking a roommate has been charged with murder in connection with the recent fatal beating of a woman here, court records show. Jeffrey McMaster Jr., 44, was charged with murder in the death of 49-year-old Leslie Marshall, who suffered blunt force trauma and died Monday at a residential hotel in the 2300 block of San Pablo Avenue in Oakland. Authorities say McMaster also lived a…

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The Mercury news broke the news in San Jose, United States on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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