VALLEJO, Calif. —

A Stockton woman was found dead in an attic in Solano County just days before her 29th birthday.

Douglas Shaw, the man accused of 28-year-old Renia Lewis' death, made his first court appearance in connection with the crime on Thursday.

Lewis' family had not heard from her for several days before her body was discovered.

According to the Vallejo Police Department, a search began after she was reported missing on Sept. 28. Investigators visited a house on 14th Street in Vallejo on the same day Lewis was believed to have been before disappearing, but there were no signs of her there.

On Sept. 29, Vallejo police's community engagement team requested an Ebony Alert to be activated for Lewis, which the California Highway Patrol approved. Vallejo police said the Federal Bur

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