Overview

• Police identified the victim as 28-year-old Renia Lewis after discovering a concealed entry to an attic during a warrant-based search of a 14th Street residence.
• Detectives arrested 41-year-old Douglas Irwin Shaw at his workplace without incident, and jail records show he is being held without bail pending a court appearance Thursday.
• Vallejo police say Shaw provided a statement admitting responsibility, and he was booked into the Solano County Jail on suspicion of murder.
• Officers initially conducted a cursory welfare check Sunday that did not reveal the hidden attic; investigators returned with new information and a search warrant before finding the remains.
• The CHP approved an Ebony Alert and the FBI provided investigative support, while Lewis’s family used Life360 to track her last location and found her phone on a nearby school roof; police have not disclosed any relationship between Lewis and Shaw.