Oakland man charged with beating woman to death while on probation for attacking roommate

OAKLAND — A man with previous convictions for sexual assault and attacking a roommate has been charged with murder in connection with the recent fatal beating of a woman here, court records show.

Jeffrey McMaster Jr., 44, was charged with murder in the death of 49-year-old Leslie Marshall, who suffered blunt force trauma and died Monday at a residential hotel in the 2300 block of San Pablo Avenue in Oakland. Authorities say McMaster also lived at there, and that he was on probation for beating his roommate in 2023.