We'll likely have to wait until tomorrow for details about human remains found Friday on Bowen Island. Police have not confirmed the death was murder, but it is suspicious. An autopsy is expected to determine the cause, as well as how long the body had been decomposing before the discovery by the owner of the five-acre property. That examination … [Read more...]
Body discovered on rural property deemed suspicious
May 8, 2012 by
Abbotsford Police and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are investigating a suspected homicide. Constable Ian MacDonald says the body of an 80 year old man was discovered by a family member on Saturday in an outbuilding on the family property in the 317-hundred block of Huntingdon Road, "The man, despite his age, was quite fit, went … [Read more...]
Second suspicious fire damages Langley elementary school
April 28, 2012 by
For the second time since March, an arsonist has hit Noel Booth Elementary in Langley. Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Ferguson says the fire was set about 2 a.m. in a portable – the same portable damaged on March 4. "I haven't heard the total extent of the damage, but I imagine it would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $ 150,000 to $ … [Read more...]
Police investigate suspicious fire at Surrey temple
March 18, 2012 by
Fire crews are combing over the scene of a suspicious fire at an old Sikh temple in Surrey. They say a 9-1-1 call came in around 3:30 a.m., reporting that the temple, at 142 Street and 88 Avenue, was alight. Witnesses describe seeing three teens, about 16 years old, fleeing the area, one of whom was carrying a red gas can. Another teen was on a … [Read more...]
Police investigate suspicious temple fire
March 17, 2012 by
SURREY, B.C. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire at the site of a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C.RCMP Staff Sgt. Murray Hedderson says a 911 caller reported the blaze at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday after seeing three youths flee the area.The witness told police the teens appeared to be about 16 and that one was seen on a scooter and another was … [Read more...]
RCMP seek man in Aldergrove suspicious occurence involving 10-year-old girl
February 9, 2012 by
RCMP are looking for a man involved in what they call a suspicious occurence last month in Aldergrove. Police say back on January 11th, a ten-year-old girl had been walking home in the 26800 block of 32 Avenue when she encountered a man. Police say she believes he touched the hood of her jacket. The girl ran home and called her … [Read more...]
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Richmond
January 27, 2012 by
Homicide investigators are looking into a suspicious death in Richmond. Mounties were called to the 11900 block of Aztec Street yesterday around 1:30 p.m. They arrived to find a husband and wife in medical distress. The man was pronounced dead while the woman was taken to hospital. She was conscious, but incoherent. Sergeant Jennifer Pound of … [Read more...]
Suspicious death in Port Alberni
January 14, 2012 by
Police in Port Alberni are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found in a home last night. RCMP were called to the home in the 35-hundred block of 4th avenue shortly after 10 p-m. There, they found the 75-year-old victim, whose name has not been released. Specialized police forces, including a forensics team, have been called … [Read more...]
Suspicious fire in Abbotsford under investigation
November 28, 2011 by
A fire in Abbotsford last night is, at this point, considered suspicious. Crews were called to a mobile home in the 1000 block of McKenzie Road just after 9:00. Deputy Fire Chief, Mike Helmer, says the home was fully involved. He says a cause is not yet known, "But with the electrical and hydro turned off there's no plausible cause of the fire at … [Read more...]
Missing person’s case turns to suspicious death
November 21, 2011 by
The search for a missing Vancouver man has been called off after his body was found on the Downtown Eastside. Randy Ponzio hadn't been seen since Tuesday. But police got a 9-1-1 call last night about a man's body in a room at the Balmoral Hotel. Constable Lindsey Houghton says Ponzio’s death is now being treated as suspicious. "Officers had … [Read more...]
