From the February 23, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle:

Murder Charge Likely in Beating Death

Henry K. Lee

Prosecutors plan charge an 18-year-old man with murder after the homeless woman he admitted beating in Berkeley died last weekend.

Jarell Maurice Johnson, 18, kicked and stomped Mary Katherine King, 45, shortly before 1 a.m. Feb. 8 near University Avenue and California Street during an argument over "Dumpster diving," authorities said.

Paramedics rushed King to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where she died Sunday.
Berkeley police arrested Johnson moments after the assault. Investigators found blood on his shoe and he "admitted just kicking a woman nearby while gesturing toward the crime scene," police said in court records.

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