Human remains found on Burnaby Mountain potentially linked to missing person case: RCMP
Posted July 22, 2020 5:05 pm.
Last Updated July 22, 2020 5:07 pm.
BURNABY (NEWS 1130) — Burnaby RCMP is reporting human remains recently found by a 15-year-old boy in the Forest Grove area may be tied to a missing person’s case.
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On Thursday a boy in the forest on Burnaby Mountain found “skeletal human remains,” which prompted an investigation by Mounties.
“The boy and his friend told police they had been building a fort when they unearthed the remains,” a release from Burnaby RCMP read earlier in the week.
Now, the RCMP says the body found might be linked to a 2015 missing person’s case.
“In March of 2015, a man went missing in Burnaby and his partial remains were found later that year near Forest Grove Park in Burnaby. This man’s death was not deemed suspicious,” Tuesday’s release reads.
.@BurnabyRCMP says the human remains recently found in the Forest Grove area on Burnaby Mountain may be tied to a missing person's case that happened in 2015. Some of the man's remains were found that year; his death at the time wasn't deemed suspicious
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The investigation is ongoing as Mounties wait for a thorough forensic analysis to confirm if the remains located are linked to the 2015 case.
“The BC Coroners Service is also conducting a concurrent, fact-finding investigation to determine how, where, when and by what means this individual died,” the release adds.
The missing man’s family has been in contact with the officers from Burnaby’s Serious Crimes Unit.
