The murder rate in Surrey continues to climb, with the slaying early Saturday of a man at a booze can in the 9100 block of 147A Street.
The house is notorious for after hours drinking and the accompanying problems that come with it.
The murder is the second homicide this week and the 23rd in Surrey so far in 2013 – a record for the city.
Just last week, after the murder of 44-year-old Mark ...
A 41-year-old woman has been arrested in Quebec City and charged in the March 2011 murder of a respected elder of the Kwantlen First Nation.
Michele Marie Serdar was picked up Nov. 24 on one count of second-degree murder in the slaying of George Antone.
She will be transported to B.C. within days to make her first appearance on the charge, Sgt. Bari Emam, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Tuesday.
Emam said Serdar ...
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of another murder tonight after the body of a woman in her 60s was found inside a Burnaby apartment.
Cpl. Dominic Duchesneau said Burnaby RCMP received a 911 call about 4:30 p.m. Monday for assistance in the 4900 block of Hastings St.
“Responding members located a deceased woman inside an apartment,” Duchesneau said in a news release.
“We are in the very early stages of this ...
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team provided updates in three separate murder files Thursday.
Two young men that had been charged with first degree murder in the December 2011 slaying of Branson Sanders pleaded guilty in Surrey Provincial Court to manslaughter instead.
Shakib Shakib and Brandon Nandan, both 20, will be sentenced in March 2014.
As well, a 17-year-old pleaded guilty to Attempting to Obstruct Justice in the case. His sentencing is set for March 18, ...
A man fatally attacked near the Abbotsford Auto Mall Thursday was Red Scorpion gang leader Matt Campbell, The Vancouver Sun has learned.
Sources confirmed that Campbell was the victim of the attack just before 3:45 p.m. in the 30100-block of Automall Drive.
He was taken to hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team and the Abbotsford Police Department are searching for a suspect.
Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald said the ...
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a suspected murder in the 8400 block of Steveston Highway.
Sgt. Adam MacIntosh said Richmond RCMP responded to a 911 call Monday afternoon and found a man with injuries that were consistent with “the male having been the victim of a homicide.
“We remain in the early stages of the investigation and IHIT is working with investigators from the Richmond RCMP to piece together the ...
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the probe into human remains that were found near the Fraser River in Abbotsford Sunday.
IHIT Sgt. Adam MacIntosh said in a release that an autopsy will be performed on the remains to determine if the case is in fact a murder.
“IHIT continues working with the Abbotsford Police Department and our priority is to determine this person’s identity and notify their next of kin,” MacIntosh said....
Finally, after months of research and interviews, we’re launching our database on unsolved murders on the Lower Mainland from 2002 to 2013. I have been working on this project with Sun reporter Mike Hager. It originated from an idea I had been kicking around since Jan. 2012 that there should be a database with all unsolved murder cases listed just so people can read about them and possible provide tips.
Getting it all put together ...
BY KIM BOLAN AND MIKE HAGER
B.C.’s higher standard for laying criminal charges should be brought in line with other provinces so more suspects can be held to account for serious crimes like murder, the mayors of Surrey and Vancouver said Wednesday.
Surrey’s Dianne Watts and Vancouver’s Gregor Robertson were reacting to a Vancouver Sun investigation
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Family and friends of the Julie Paskall got the news they had been waiting for when the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Friday that an arrest had been made in the slaying of the hockey mom.
No details of who has been taken into custody were revealed as the suspect has not yet been charged. There is an IHIT news conference Saturday afternoon where more information is expected to be released.
Paskall was one ...
Yosef Jomo Gopaul made his first appearance in Surrey Provincial Court this morning and was remanded to June 13th. He’s being represented by Simon Buck, who’s well-known on this blog as the lawyer for Surrey Six accused killer Cody Haevischer.
Gopaul has one aggravated assault conviction related to an attack in Brampton, Ontario on New Year’s day 2010.
He got a two-year, seven-month sentence which expired last June, according to the Parole Board of Canada....
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the man slain in Surrey earlier this week as Shaunce Poirier, 33.
IHIT’s Sgt. Bari Emam said Poirier was a resident of Surrey at the time of his death and was known to police.
“We are continuing our investigation into this murder and at this point our investigators have determined that this was not a random act. There are no further details available to the public at this ...
Despite two murders in four days, Surrey’s homicide rate is well below where it was at the same time last year.
Including the suspicious death of a young woman on New Year’s Day this year, Surrey has had seven homicides in 2014, compared to 13 by the same date in 2013.
Last year saw a record 25 homicides in Surrey, prompting a task force to review what needed to be done to tackle violent crime ...
Heavily-armed Emergency Response Team members scoured a south Surrey neighbourhood Friday searching for a suspect in the city’s third murder in five days.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said a man was found slain inside a house in the 2500-block of 156 Street about 10:30 a.m.
“We have no information about a motive at this time. I can confirm that the incident was isolated only to this one residence and the victim,” IHIT’s Sgt. Bari ...
A man murdered in Surrey Friday had recently been on the Dr. Phil show featuring men who defraud their wives.
Timothy Szabolcsi, 52, had a long history as a conman in both Canada and the United States.
He was living in Surrey at the time of his death, Sgt. Bari Eman, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Monday.
Szabolcsi was found dead inside a house in the 2500 block of 156 Street about 10:30 ...
He pledged to CTV News to enjoy his summer and steer clear of police, even though he was wanted for questioning in a May 12 murder.
Now Barry McQuarrie has been arrested and charged with killing his former spouse’s new boyfriend Gregory Quesnelle.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Saturday that McQuarrie was arrested in a Langley garage about 11:30 p.m. Friday with the help of the Emergency Response Team and other agencies.
Quesnelle was ...
Five years later, Kevin Hughes is still haunted by the unimaginable task of performing CPR on his dying son Brandon for 20 minutes while he waited for an ambulance.
It was just after 2 a.m. on July 23, 2009, when the elder Hughes heard gunfire outside the family’s North Vancouver home.
“I heard the two shots — bang, bang — and I ran out there and he was slumped over,” Hughes recalled in an interview ...
A triple shooting in Chilliwack early Thursday has left two people dead and a third wounded.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called out to the Hawthorne Manor apartment building in the 46100-block of Gore Ave. after Chilliwack RCMP found two bodies inside a suite.
IHIT’s Sgt. Bari Emam said Mounties initially responded to calls of shots fired in the area about 4:15 a.m. Thursday.
“Upon attendance police discovered that three people were shot,” Emam ...
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team spent Tuesday at a Burnaby high-rise where a man was killed the night before.
IHIT S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound said details of the victim, including his name, would not be released until Wednesday.
Burnaby RCMP received reports of shots fired and a possible home invasion at 10:36 p.m. in the 3900-block of Carrigan Court, near the Lougheed Mall.
The victim was found dead outside the building when first responders arrived.
Police ...
