VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) -- The suspect in the death of a woman whose remains were found concealed in the attic of a Vallejo home has been charged with murder. Renia Lewis, 28, was initially reported missing to the Vallejo Police Department on Sunday, Sept. 28.

Vallejo PD received a report she was last seen in the area of 14th Street and Starr Avenue the previous Friday night. On Sunday, officers conducted a welfare check at a home on 14th Street and searched all the rooms, closets, and "places a person could hide," police said.

Renia Lewis (Photo: Vallejo PD / CHP)

Officers did not locate Lewis initially. However, on Monday, the California Highway Patrol activated an Ebony Alert for Lewis and the Federal Bureau of Investigation stepped in with additional resources.

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