Fremont, CA. — Fremont Police patrol units were dispatched to do a welfare check on the residents of an apartment in the 3900 block of Monroe Ave.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a deceased female in her sixties. The investigation indicated this was a homicide. The level of violence involved in the homicide was severe.
The suspect was identified in the homicide: Omar Malik Pettigen, age 31. Pettigen is the son of the deceased female.
On Sunday, at 5:45 a.m., the Kensington Police Department received a call of a suspicious male with a duffel bag on the back porch of a residence on Lake Drive.
Officers located the male walking along the roadway and detained him.
The male was identified as 31 year old Omar Pettigen, who was wanted in connection with the September 29 homicide that occurred in Fremont.
Kensington Police took Pettigen into custody on Fremont’s homicide warrant without incident.
Fremont Detectives transported Pettigen to Fremont where he was interviewed.
Pettigen was booked into the Fremont Jail this evening on the charge of murder.
