Human remains found in recycling bin off Kits Point coast
Posted October 19, 2020 1:15 pm.
Last Updated October 20, 2020 6:46 am.
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) — Human remains were found in a recycling bin Sunday in the water off Kits Point, according to the Vancouver Police Department.
The Canadian Coast Guard recovered the bin after multiple calls around 11 a.m.
The BC Coroner’s Service determined the remains in the bin were human.
“Investigators have determined it is a homicide,” says Const. Tania Visintin.
The identity of the body has not been determined.
“We don’t know anything about the victim,” she added.
THIS JUST IN: @VancouverPD are looking into the city’s 15th homicide of the year after human remans were found in a large recycling bin in the water off of Kits Point yesterday morning.
— Ria Renouf (@riarenouf) October 19, 2020
“We are asking property managers for multi-dwelling buildings and local residents to check their recycling and garbage rooms to see if any large, blue, wheeled recycling containers are missing,” Visintin says.
Investigators are also asking anyone who saw a blue recycling bin floating in the water to call the Major Crime Section at 604-717-2500.
